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-with  that   speculation  he  heard  a  knock  on the  door,  aroma  of  good  food   entered  with  two  plump  maids who  held  two   trays  of meals  arranged  for  proper  hungry  men  like  him and  sajad   , fried  fish, pullao,  pure  ghee  stuffed  murgh  and  other  dishes   decorated  the  tray, feeling  suddenly  very  hungry  he  saw  one  maid   place  two  glasses  and  a  whisky  bottle  on the  table,  , the  maids  were  sent  away, sajad   picked  up  his  glass  in such  a  cordial manner  that  he  too  wordlessly understood  he  was  included and  invited  to  do  the  same, swallowing  a  couple  of  large  and  small mouthfuls they  began  to  eat, he  knew  sajad  was  not  ready  to  talk  about  their  fight, nor  question why  he  accepted  defeat  when  he  was  not defeated  , why was  sajad   allowed  to  be  declared  the  victorious