Summary

In Part 2: Chapter 1, it is 1911 and Delhi has become incredibly hot as men are working on repairing the city ahead of the coronation of a British king. Mir Nihal walks through the marketplace Chandni Chowk, contemplating his age as he purchases some green mangoes to make into sherbet for Babban Jan as a way to combat the heat. As he is walking, he runs across an acquaintance who has a question for Mir Nihal. The man wants to arrange a marriage between his newly orphaned niece and Mir Nihal's servant, Ghafoor. Mir Nihal thinks that the girl is too young as she is only 14 and would prefer that the man speak to Ghafoor directly, but the man says that since Ghafoor is just a servant, this is the proper way to handle this situation. The man asks Mir Nihal again, who gives...