CHAPTER XX
Annada Babu prayed most fervently that Jogendra would bring back good tidings and that the whole misunderstanding would be cleared up. He looked up nervously when Jogendra and Akshay entered the room.
"Well, dad," began his son, "1 could never have believed that you would let Ramesh go so far. I shouldn't have introduced him to you if I had foreseen
what would happen."
Annada Babu. You've often told me yourself how pleased you would be if Ramesh married Henuialini. If you wanted to prevent it, why- ?"
Jogendra. "Naturally I never thought of trying to prevent it, still -"
Annada Babu. "1 don't see how there can be any 'still' about it! One had either to let it go on or to stop it; there's no middle course."
Jogendra. "Still, to let it go so far-"
Akshay now broke in with a smirk, "There are some things that go forward of their own momentum ; one doesn't need to push them. They go on swelling till they're ready to burst. Still, it's no good crying over spilt milk. We had better decide now what to do next."
"Did you see Ramesh?" asked Annada Babu anxiously.
Jogendra. "We did indeed. We saw him in the bosom of his family and actually made his wife's acquaintance."
Annada Babu was thunderstruck. "Made his wife's acquaintance?" he repeated when he found his voice.
