Summary

“The Sixth Night”, Part 1, p. 191 – 223. Balram describes how he and The Diseased Driver made an arrangement for Balram to visit a prostitute with the same kind of blond hair as the woman that Mr. Ashok visited. The Diseased Driver tells Balram how much money he’ll need, and Balram is upset to learn that the money left for him by Pinky Madam isn’t enough. Balram then asks him about ways a driver can cheat his master in order to earn more money. After listing the ways he discovered (including making himself into a kind of secret, independent taxi service and cheating on repair bills for the car), Balram describes how he managed to get together enough money that, along with the money he got from Pinky Madam, gets him the prostitute he wants. The Diseased Driver takes him to the hotel where the...