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.....tide of time took a pleasant  turn,  these days  good news was  received  every day,, news of fauzya getting engaged, a ripple of joy  ran through the family,,  simple plain curiosity  rolled round asking when was the wedding day,  manna was happily relishing  tge tranquility  and contentment settled into her parents , a deep sense of security  oozing from their decisions  made her very confident, 

Just next month's  first Friday was fixed and final  for the wedding, because  the groom,s mother was not alive  and his father wanted  both his children  were  married  on the same occasion,   a  marriageable daughter and son both explained khala 

Manna could not  stop her curiosity and asked if they would  find a vacant marriage hall, then observing all eyes turned to stare  at ger she became  extremely shy 

Khala took over the control of the conversation , there were not many berates and therefore no need to arrange any marriage hall, one plain regular  tent outside the house was enough to accommodate guests