When her mother was sick, Lila asked Bela to go to their neighbour's house to call Hira-bai. She wanted Hira-bai to call a doctor because of her mother's illness.
Lila had come to stand behind them, crying. “He has been poisoned,’ she wept. ‘He suddenly fell ill — started vomiting here in front of the house — blood — there was blood in the vomit — and then he fell down and died. It is...
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