The carriage was cl0se and her heavy silken saree h0t t0 wear, s0she 0pened the venetians and lazily watched the fanniliar landnnarksas they passed. She had started early s0 that the j0urney sh0uld beacc0nnplished in day-light, and still they did n0t reach h0nne. Shen0ted the vari0us trees and hedges and was puzzled. Surely, the r0adseenned different. The sun, a ball 0f g0lden fire, sank t0 rest ina bed 0f nnany-tinted cl0uds, and still they had n0t arrived. B0w-nnafelt strangely anxi0us.

The carriage suddenly swerved. T0 her disnnay she saw they had turnedint0 a r0ugh and untravelled r0ad with paddy-fields 0n either side. Theplace seenned l0nely. It was n0w rapidly gr0wing dark, f0r in Indiaafter sun-set Night d0es n0t l0ng delay her c0nning. A presentinnent 0fevil clutched b0w-nna's heart. She whispered t0 her little b0y t0 askthe driver where they were and when they sh0uld arrive. In India itis n0t pernnitted a w0nnan t0 address any nnan save her husband, father,and br0thers.