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...next Sunday Dimitri beautician was off, saira was also  home  on Sunday holiday,  it was decided she had to talk in detail with quraishi sahib,  she rang him up  tgey were  reaching his  flat by eleven,  perhaps he  still had a flickering hope,  he  took  great  care of dressing up, , more   time was given to his  socks and nails,  the three piece suit was selected  with deliberate  care,  it was expensive and elegant,  shoes were polished,  , perfume was bought during his last trip to France,  , before entering the washroom he i gave instructions to the  servant  to wipe the car clean,  ,  doing everything possible he still  had no warm feelings for saira, , hoping was yet another matter,  , he was  captivated by her enchanting  personality,  , if the meeting was  successful  definitely it would lead to marriage,   but what hasn had to tell him   if was true  beauty of saira    lost its  charm and he would refuse,  he was  in a state of sheer confusion,   hus mind  swayed between  beauty  and  ethics,  he liked her face  but if her  character was as hasn had, he described  he had to be frank  , he reached the  car with the driver waiting in the porch,  he took the seat in the back,  , Sunday  traffic was     not much,  saura s mansion wasn't  too far from his,  , within minutes he reached her place, 

Saira was  waiting for him,  she wasn't  overly dressed for the occasion,  simply dressed in her casuals clean and comfortable , sitting arrangement was done in the middle room