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....he spent  lots of time in the  Cafe  before  aimlessly  roaming  around  on the  road because  going back to his small room to  be with  someone like  lal   seemed  impossible because  he always  returned  to  the room  drunk,  in that condition he used filthy  language  and always had to     put  cotton  swabs  into his ears to block  out those  dirty pieces but  it was not  practical to stay out whole night just to avoid his  room mate   , stepping into his room  he was pleasantly surprised to see sadan sitting there instead of lal , lal had asked  the guest to sit there and gone away somewhere  a reason  to annoy  Albany but more so he was ashamed to see sadan like  personality  waiting  in that small dirty room