xvii.
(148-9)
(149*51)
(151)
(151-3)
Interlude; Rusva asks Umrao about her former
protegee Abadi, After some witticisms about his
taste for women, Umrao tells him that Abadi wound up
with syphilis,
Umrao tells the story of Abadi, and how she cau^t her
with Chuttan, one of her own supposed admirers, Abadi's
agreed*
Interlude: Rusva briefly interrupts to speculate -
correctly - that Umrao bought Abadi during a famine*
Abadi's association with a depraved whore called Husna*
Eventually she runs away with a man and goes from bad to
worse, until at last she catches syphilis and ends up in
hospital.
CHAPTER XI
(154-6)
One Thursday evening Umrao goes to the Dargah* After
vreindering about and meeting various people, she encounteri;
the Begam from Kanpur, who after asking her where she has
been, invites her to come and see her and her Navab the
following Sunday.
CKAPTER XII
(157)
(158-9)
(159)
How Khanum*B interest in money decreased with age. She
is on bad terms with Bismillah, and therefore fond of
Umrao* Khurshid has returned after the Mutiny, and Amir
Jan is a frequent visitor, Umrao keeps her room in
Khanum*0 house.
The day after meeting the Begam, Umrao goes to see Khanum who
is ill* Then she goes up to her room to get some clothes*
She has the room swept and dusted, then sits down in front
of the mirror and dreams of the old tiroes, especially of
Navab Sultan, A centipede crawls over her, then
disappears under the leg of the bed: when this is moved,
the five mohurs given her by Navab Sultan so long ago are
found*
Interlude; Rusva wonders why the mohurs were not
discovered during the looting of the Mutiny,
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