A FAIR COUNSELLOR
"May you live long," said Nobo Kumar's wife, touching Noren's head with her right hand, "and may you and Hemlata both be happy in life." The rest of her thoughts remained unuttered, but she felt a proud woman and a proud mother that day.
She had forgotten that there was a deep schemer to be reckoned with, and that schemer was Gokul Das.
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