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-reaching  the  meeting  hall he  came  to  know  aho  all were  participating, the  chair  of  taimur  hyder  was  occupied  by  mrs   taimur  hyder, faruqi  sahib came  running  to  welcome  taimur , how  long  had  he  been  away  from sight, where  had  he  been,   he  was  seen  and  now  there  was  not  point  of  turning  back, greetings  were  exchanged, happiness  was  showing  on faruqi  sahib"s  face,, in the  chair  she  was  not  nervous  at  all, nor  was  she  intimidated  by  his  presence  but  for  no  reason she  stretched  out  to  pour  the  water  from the  bottle  in her  glass , her  shaking  hand  was   quite   apparent  to  him as  she  drank  water  and  placed  the  empty  glass back on the  table