Though his father had written bidding him return home immediately after the examinations Ramesh seemed to be in no perticuler hurry to go home. His infatuation towards his neighbour Heemamalini made him stay there for some more time till he could confess his desire to go in for marriage alliance with her..
Hemamalin's brother, Jogendra, was Ramesh's fellow-student and it used to be a regular feature for him to be in their house at tea-time. Ananda Babu, Hemamalini's father, belonged to Brahmo Samaj. Hemamalini had recently sat for the first Arts examination. Uptil now there was no talk of marriage on either side, for the reason that Ananda Babu had a young friend in England reading for the bar and he had an eye on him. as a possible son-in law.
All of a sudden Ramesh's father had arrived from home and asked Ramesh to accompany him by next day morning train to their native village. Moreover Brija Mohan Babu raised the topic of Ramesh's marriage with a girl who happened to be the only daughter of his childhood friend .In his youth Braja mohan had fallen upon evil days, and he owed his subsequent property to a pleader named Ishan. Ishan died before his time
, and it was then discoverd that he had only left debts behind him. His widow and her one child-a girl-suddenly found themselves destitute.Braja Mohan, under those circumstances was morally obliged to chose his friend's marriageble age daughter as his daughter-in-law.
Ramesh had repeatedly told himself that he was bound to Hemamalini by an unspoken vow and it would be wrong to conceal this tacit engagement any longer from his father. But he could dare not do so due inexplicable judgement that stood before him in favor of his father.
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