page 63

....she opened the lid of the jar and offered  the jar to sayyad,  memnu mama had made it  who was an expert in baking,  in a  small oven,  extending her arms a little bit she showed the size,  it used to be always there even when they were gone to boarding schools  , they still had the oven from which came those cookies  , speciality  mama learnt from  the governess  what was her name   ...oh , yes, Fatima Maryam,  just look at their shape,  keep them all together  and they present a zoo,  they used small frames to produce all the cookies 

Oh manahal  you talk so much  mahin said annoyed,  who bores their first time visitors giving all  the details 

Please ma,m let her speak don't stop her,  in our house  she is openly talked about for her chattering and how interesting her chatterings are, sipping his coffee commented  sayyad, he watched admiration stricken at manahal,  he added  the coffee was excellent  the second ever of his life 

And where was the first excellent coffee you tasted asked manahal disappointed 

That is sold in Islamabad  in my favorite coffee shop,  sometime I ll take you there  

Disappointment spread  over her face,  ever since they had come to live there they were kind of got locked  up inside  but before coming down they lived in Islamabad,  her face lit up, she still remembers  though she was very small then