INDIRA AND OTHER STORIES
But there was not the remotest possibility that he had recognised me. I had seen him before when he was a full-grown man, and so had my suspicions from the first. He had seen me only as a little girl of eleven. I had not the smallest reason to suppose that he knew me. So it was that I felt aggrieved that, believing me to be another man's wife, he had yielded to the attraction he felt for me. Still he was my husband, I was his wife. It was not for me to think evil of him. So I banished these thoughts from my mind. I merely determined that if, someday, I could recover him, I should cure him of this wicked weakness!
He had not to make long search for an excuse for staying with us. He had recently extended his business operations to Calcutta and had to visit the capital from time to time. His friendship with my master had its origin in business matters. After consenting to Harani's naughty suggestion, he went to Ramram Babu and said, "As I am here, would it not be a good thing if we went into those accounts?" Ramram
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