Summary

In “Lily - Jalpana," pages 204 - 220, within a few months of the wedding, Lily starts becoming bored with Murad’s hints that they should start a family. She is also bored with their sex life and with the farm’s isolation. She gets Murad to agree to have some of her old friends in for a visit Mino (the host of the party where Lily and Murad met), Bumpy (a friend of Mino’s and an old flirtation of Lily’s), and a couple of others. Lily soon falls back into her party habits (i.e. drinking, using drugs, flirting), and at first Murad joins in, but after a day or two has to leave to take care of business for the farm. Lily continues to party, aware that Bumpy is flirting with her. When Murad returns, Lily tries to pay attention to...