Summary

As the next section moves into mid-July, Shah was irritated that the deal was still not done and Shanmugham asked if he should take the same kind of action he has previously done. Shah does not answer. Meanwhile, Ram Khare pulled Masterji aside and warned him that he believes trouble is coming, a black snake as he put it. He told him about a similar place where a buyout happened and a man who refused to sign was pushed down the stairs. Masterji dismissed the warning as the guard merely being drunk.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Puri continued her efforts to persuade Masterji to sign. She called Gaurav and tried to get him to come talk to his father again. She and some of the other women in the building talked about him and generally concurred that he was a greedy, old man. Mrs...