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-kamal  had apparently  spread  out  books  on the  cafe  table   explaining  notes  to  her  who  had  missed  some  points  in class, he  said  he  would  speak  to   her  parents  when he  met  them,  did  he  not  speak  to  them before, of  course  he  had  many  times spoken to  them but  this  was  going  to  be  different,  something  very  special, she  could  not  stop  herself  from blushing  , she  pretended  to  busy  herself  in nothing,  he  continued if  she  knew  why  was  his  name  badar  kamal  kept  by  his  parents, because  he  must  have  been good  looking  when he  was  a  small child, he  arrogantly  declared  he  still was  good  looking  , he  asked  her  to  gaze  at  his  face  and  into  his  eyes  and  say  he  was  not  good  looking, she  got  up  to  leave, she  could  not  meet  him every  day  on some  invented  pretexts