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....what have you done without thinking,  thoughtlessly  fixed the marriage,  ever since Adil had returned he was sulking,  fariha and nazhat had come back with  invisible ties if love and happiness,  praising  mani and  all her family members,  Adil couldn't  tolerate it more 

Of course they had gone to see the girl  prospective bride,  how could they reject her when they liked her so much,  nazhat didn't like his exploding  like this,  she argued at least they could have  asked for more time before finalizing the proposal,  in fact  she found that girl maliha  rather  weird,  this last statement  put Adil off 

Why, what was so weird about her,  her eyes ears hands all were fine  apparently,  nazgat beghum challenged her son to give an explanation 

Mother please,  he  pleaded  , it wasn't at all about her etes ears and  hands, it was her attitude,  they visited her family to see her and ask for her hand,  didn't you notice how  in her  domestic  apparel she appeared before the  guests,  she stood at the  door  as if ready to flee, mother you even placed  some token money in her palm, she stared at the money as if it was burning her hand,  Adil poured out all his  resentment  bitterly,  he paused  for a second to take a breath,  fariha who was silently sitting  quickly cut in , mother  for God's sake  look at him,  he was just gazing at his hands there with a lowered head but his  mind was fixed on maliha like several cctv cameras,  that's why she was so nervous,  poor girl