Friday, February 7, 2025

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...mir sahib  you  never expected me to visit your house  like this,  I am so grateful you gave me  time to see me 
Yasser sahib,  please don't  embarrass me,  it a great pleasure for me to entertain you  he spoke rather dryly and  looked at him expectantly 
He once again  expressed his condolences on manawar sultana s death  before asking him if manawar Sultana ever had  shown fears of being killed 
He  shook his head to express he didn't know  of it 
Do you have any clue or a letter  of any type to  show  sge was going to be killed 
He got offended but  hid his facial expression  carefully  and  denied any knowledge of it curtly 
He rephrased his same question  in a different way  but he again    denied any knowledge of this  at this moment khan Muhammad  brought tea for them , they began drinking their tea  in  silence,  then he  advised him to stay alert because he was so close to manwar Sultana  he spoke meaningfully,  he remained silent  nit reacting,  he became silent and  thoughtful,  he swallowed his tea and asked him his permission to leave,  he walked him to the door   and turned but the man was persistent and wanted to talk more about manawar Sultana   but he again showed him to the door rudely,  he came back to his reading room,  he picked up Manawatu Sultana  s letter and thought  of reading it , the time showed it was quarter past seven,  hotel seven star was situated  on the other end of the city  and it was a forty five minutes drive from his house,  he decided to read the letter later  and  left to reach the hotel,  he was in the lobby of the hotel at five minutes past eight  where Malik Yamin was waiting for him 

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