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CHAPTER XV

Annada Babu looked up anxiously as Ramesh re- entered the room.

"If you give me the list of guests," said Ramesh, "I'll write to them all to-day about the change of date,"

"Then you're determined to put it off?" "Yes, there's nothing else for it."

"Well, look here, lad," said Annada Babu, "remem- ber I wash my hands of this. You must make all the arrangements yourself ; I decline to make myself a laughing-stock. If you choose to make the business of marriage a sort of children's game, then a man of my age can have nothing to do with it. Here's your list of guests. I've spent a good deal of money already, and much of it wilcl be wasted. I can't afford to throw away money like that"

Ramesh declared himself quite ready to bear all ex- penses and to make all arrangements.

He made as if to rise, when Annada Babu went on: "Have you decided where to practise after you're mar- ried, Ramesh? Not in Calcutta, I suppose?"

"No, I want to find some suitable place up- country."

Awnada Babu. "Up-country? That's a sound idea. Etawah isn't a bad place at all. The climate suits one's digestion very well. I spent a month there once and I found I could eat twice as much as I can here. You see, lad, she's my only daughter, and we should never be happy apart. That's why I want you to choose a healthy place."

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