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....that boy was sixteen or seventeen,  though  dressed in  quite  clean clothes  but his  limbs  and nails  had a hardened texture  suggesting   that he was a tough laborer,  he worked as mechanic in hashim s shop,  he had met hashim s contacts and Walid  had  shown him around,  the boy s name was Tahir,  he  was  at the Mazar to   offer his prayers,  as usual  after his prayers he began distributing  alms amongst the  poor sitting outside the shrine , he was too generous  to be handing each one  a ten rupees  , he prided and enjoyed doing this , , all the  faqirs  sat in straight  rows, he had just reached the fifth  faqir when suddenly  somehow his foot twisted and he fell directly on the faqir who also tumbled  along with him,  the faqir s  covering shawl tore away and the face became visible,  the faqir began cursing him for  giving him  discomfort,  Tahir begged forgiveness and tried to pick him up 

The faqir  flung his helping hand aside and  shooed him away  and quickly gathered himself to his previous position and  wrapped himself quickly with the covering shawl