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...the sun was going diwn  when his jeep just entered the  village  territories on the  unmettled road  flanked by  fields on both sides , there were two silhouted figures barely visible ahead in the dusty dusky  mist , he slowed down his jeep to almost a halt, they had also seen the jeep  and stopped  

Its getting dark where are you going  he had stopped his vehicle and rolled down the window glass before asking them 

This was masi shadan  but he  was alarmed to see neelam wrapped up in maroon  sheet  with her , her prsence there was unexpected completely , he had stopped his jeep long before seeing her , it was his habit to stop his jeep midway to give lift to the lost and lonely  , now it was more so obligatory because they were two females and it was secluded and dark  and just open fields around  and one of the women was  his own , it was unthought of 

Its like thus neeli was here to see sadya , it was late so i was  walking her back home  chaperoning  spoke masi shadan , their cottage was beyond the  villafe fields