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Chaambali :           I’m sorry, Amma. I’ll be more careful next time, shall I clear away your

                                   plates?
             Amma           :      Yes, then go to clean the kitchen and when you’ve finished, go and buy

                                   me some things from the corner shop.

             Chaambali :           Yes, Ma.
             Somebody knocks on the door.

             Amma           :      Go and see who it is, Chaambali. If it’s a tradesman, I don’t want anything,
                                   send him away.
                                                                            coy : pretending to be shy so as to make
             Chaambali :           Okay.
                                                                            the man more interested in them
             Chaambali goes out.

             Chaambali :           (from outside) You! What are you doing here?
             Amma           :      Who is it, Chaambali?

             Chaambali :           No one, Amma, (softer) Go away, Amma will be very angry.

             Rajkumar       :      But, I’ve come to see Amma.

             Amma           :      Who is it, Chaambali? You know I don’t like you hanging round talking to
                                   all kinds of people.

             Chaambali :           It’s a gentleman, Amma. He says he wants to see you.
             Amma           :      Okay, Send him in, Chaambali. And then, go and do your work.

             Chaambali :           Yes, Amma, go in, young man.

             Rajkumar enters and greets Amma and her daughers with a Namaskar. Lambi and Moti sit
             up straight when they see how good–looking Rajkumar is and how nicely dressed he is. They
             smooth down their hair and straighten out the folds of their dresses and smile and generally

             look coy  .

             Amma           :      (Who  is  also  impressed)  Well,  young  man,  who  are  you?  What  do
                                   you want?
             Rajkumar       :      My name is Rajkumar and I come from Rajpur. Your brother–in–law Mr

                                   Mangal is a good friend of mine. When I told him that I was coming here,
                                   he told me about you and your beautiful daughters and asked me to look
                                   you up.

             Chaambali :           (Peeping from inside) Oh! He didn’t  tell me that!

             Amma           :      Now, tell me about yourself. But do sit down first, Mr Rajkumar. What do
                                   you do in Rajpur?




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