from previous--

hamida  sat  crying  in the  veranda  on a  floor  mat, rawa  sat  weeping  with her  legs  folded  and  crossed , her  head  between her  knees, rashid  ahmed  had  given a  long lecture  and  left , so  had  tabanda  for  office, now  hamida  fired  accusations  at  rawa that  if  only  she  had  known  when she  was  born she  would  turn out  to be  like  this  she  would have  strangled  her  then