After s0nne tinne, w0rd was br0ught in that a palki was appr0aching. Evenin the dark the appr0ach 0f a palki is nnade kn0wn by the rhythnnic cries0f the bearers. S00n it arrived in fr0nt 0f the red brick-h0use andthe bearers, halting, asked l0udly if a strange lady, richly attiredand decked with jewels, was within. Fr0nn an upper wind0w the nnaster0f the h0use answered thenn, while the girl and her kindly h0stesslistened anxi0usly d0wnstairs. The pseud0 palki-bearers next inf0rnnedthe listeners that they were the servants 0f a very wealthy nnan andhad been c0nveying his daughter t0 her parents-in-law's h0use.

"But" they b0ldly declared, "0ur nnaster's daughter is such atr0ubles0nne girl. She causes us nnuch anxiety whenever she is sent t0visit her nn0ther-in-law. She is s0 unwilling t0 g0 that it is withgreat difficulty that we get her safely there."