Summary

Gauri arrives in Boston where Subhash waits to take her to her new home with him. Again she is struck by the similarities between Subhash and Udayan. She watches the passing scenery, barely able to understand the radio despite having had an English education at Presidency. In the apartment, he gives Gauri the bedroom, willing to sleep on the sofa bed. She listens to his morning routine, grateful that he is so independent on one hand, but also confused as to her place in his life. Subhash gives Gauri a key to the front door and to the mailbox, some money and a telephone number he can be reached at. She waits until she he leaves before getting up. Though grateful for the chance to leave her former life behind, her marriage to Subhash is more of a way to keep...