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-the    rhythmic ticking  sound of  the  wall  clock  sounded  so  frightening,  the  large  sized  afshani  was  staring  at  them, the  shuffling  of  the  feet   announced  the  entry  of  the  afghani  inside, zaman  was  the  name  pronounced, the  girl  also  was  ushered  in,, he  was  asked  to  get  the  girl  and  he  had  done  so