The Bachelor of Arts by R. K. Narayan

Author:R. K. Narayan [Narayan, R. K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-345-80380-1
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2012-07-18T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Three days later a peon from the Engineering Department came with a letter for Father. Father, who was on the veranda, took it, and after reading it, passed it on to Chandran, who was sitting on a chair with a book. The letter read:

‘DEAR AND RESPECTED SIR, I am returning herewith the copy of your son’s horoscope, which you so kindly sent to me for comparison with my daughter’s. Our family astrologer, after careful study and comparison, says that the horoscopes cannot be matched. Since I have great faith in horoscopy, and since I have known from experience that the marriage of couples ill-matched in the stars often leads to misfortune and even tragedy, I have to seek a bridegroom elsewhere. I hope that your honoured self, your wife, and your son will forgive me for the unnecessary trouble I have caused you. No one can have a greater regret at missing an alliance with your family than I. However, we can only propose. He on the Thirupathi Hills alone knows what is best for us.

‘With regards,

‘Yours sincerely,

‘D. W. Krishnan.’

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