“Save your tears,” he remarked. “Why shed them until you are sure he is dead?”
When our boat reached Calcutta, Dr. Misra again accompanied me. My youngest brother Bishnu was waiting to greet me at the dock.
“I know Ananta has departed this life,” I said to Bishnu, before he had had time to speak. “Please tell me, and the doctor here, when Ananta died.”
Bishnu named the date, which was the very day that I had bought the souvenirs in Shanghai.
“Save your tears,” he remarked. “Why shed them until you are sure he is dead?”
When our boat reached Calcutta, Dr. Misra again accompanied me. My youngest brother Bishnu was waiting to greet me at the dock.
“I know Ananta has departed this life,” I said to Bishnu, before he had had time to speak. “Please tell me, and the doctor here, when Ananta died.”
Bishnu named the date, which was the very day that I had bought the souvenirs in Shanghai.
