A Flight of Pigeons by Ruskin Bond

Author:Ruskin Bond [Bond, Ruskin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9788184754278
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published: 2021-06-03T00:00:00+00:00

We did not speak much for the rest of the evening. Javed Khan settled himself before a hookah, puffing contentedly, blissfully unaware of the agitation he had set up in everyone’s minds. No one spoke. Khan-Begum went about with a long face, and sighed whenever she looked at me. Mother, too, sighed when she looked at me, and Anet and I stared at each other in bewilderment.

As we rose to go to our part of the house, Khan-Begum seized Mother’s hand, and in a choking voice, whispered, ‘Mariam, you are my mother. Do not help him to inflict greater torment on me than I have already suffered. Promise me that you won’t give your daughter to him.’

Mother replied, ‘Bibi, you have seen and heard everything that has happened. I am truly a dead one in the hands of the living. You distress yourself for nothing. If I have my way, he shall never get my consent. But will he wait for my consent?’

‘Allah bless you!’ exclaimed Khan-Begum. ‘Your daughter deserves a better fate than to play second fiddle in this family. I will pray that your wishes are granted.’

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.