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...evening  had  descended,  the landscape was  strangely  silent  as if expecting something to happen,  it was  a small compact  place nestled amidst tge lap of nature    owned by just one person  who was young good-looking  , waiting for his life companion  , sometimes he would  casually take a look  around searchingly playfully,  finally  his long wait was over  , his life was  brightened up by tge dazzling beauty  , a smile  played on the lips of the young man,  she came closer,  Jamal   was  watching her , she had brought  food for him  ,  both sat down  oblivious of their surroundings,  some time later   mehbooba husn told the young man her father was waiting  for her, the young man sighed  saddened by the idea of leaving him alone in the  blossom garden m he pleaded  she  stayed  there till the moon rose but it was  a moonless night  and  shall not rise before  midnight   explained nafisa

So what  uncle  saleman  knew it sge was  there with him  with the  meal,  replied jash  satisfactorily  trying to settle the matter,  nafisa was speechless,  after all she also wanted to stay there  with him  , to spend  more time with jash  but her father was  alone at home and she was  already very late,  jash spent the whole day there in the  village  but  at night  he chose to spend the night under  a palm tree on the western side of the gulistan  carrying  his  bow and arrow  and other   things