Chapter 8 Summary

Usually Nariman holds his bowel movement until after Yezad has left for work and after the boys have left for school, but Dr. Tarapore is to visit today. Nariman has a nervous stomach. The family hopes that Dr. Tarapore will pronounce Nariman well enough to go home. Because of his nervous stomach, Nariman can't hold his bowel movement. Yezad complains about the smell.

Coomy is worried about the impending return. She and Jal go over to Roxana's. They run into Yezad on the stairs. There is much joking and pretending they have missed Nariman. Finally, Roxana reports that Dr. Tarapore told Nariman to wait another week, but he did remove some of the plaster cast. She shows it to them, piled under the bed, and she shows them the remaining cast, which ends below Nariman's knee and leaves his toes out. Roxana says...