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.....he said he was sorry to  his chachi aunt,  perhaps he  had spoken  too much  and  ought to have  held his tongue,  he was leaving  in two hours,  he  passed a moment to take a deep breath,   he glanced at sajida  beghum  and then quietly  climbed up the stairs,  gul s condition was to see,  she was  completely  taken aback and  in a state of shock,  unable to  believe it  that  Hamid could  possibly have said  all that