" My father died -" began Ramesh.
"You don't say so ! Dear me ! Dear me ! How did it happen ?"
"He was coming up the Padma river in a boat. A storm came on suddenly, the boat was swamped suddenly and he was drowned."
The announcement of this misfortune swept away the missunderstanding between Ramesh and Hemamalini.
Hemamalini thought regretfully: " I did Ramesh Babu a wrong. He was distracted by sorrow at his father's loss and by all the worries it entailed. We held him guilty, never stopping to inquire whether he might not have had family troubles or other preoccupations," and she became very attentive to the fatherless youth.Hemamalini pressed him for supper that night.For the present, at all events, he could not reveal the nature of his connection with Kamala, for that would involve exposing the innocent girl to social ignominy. Yet if he were to resume his former relations wih Hemamalini he would have to make a clean breast of it.
Annada Babu put forward the proposal of Ramesh shifting to his previou residence in Kalutola and Hemamalini supported it showing intense curiosity for him to accept it. Ramesh could not say 'no' to it finding Hemamalini had sat in judgement on him and had mentally found him guilty of a serious crime in changing his domicile.
Now it is not out of place to bring in to picture of a person, Akshay, Who was making frequent visits to Annada Babu's house at tea-time as uninvited guest. Ramesh had developed a feeling of contempt on him due to his ill-logical and unwarrented comments. Finding Ramesh appearing again he showed undue interest on where-abouts and events that took place from the day Braja Mohan Babu took away Ramesh from Calcutta. A glance of indignation from Hemamalini stopped Akshay's mouth.
" Ramesh has lost his father , Akshay,' said Annada Babu.
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