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Grace is the daughter of a Korean woman and an American G.I., who brought Grace and her mother to New Jersey and abandoned them there. While at college in Michigan, Grace meets Mali and becomes romantically involved with him. She accompanies him back to India to help him start a story-writing machine factory and lives with him and his father Jagan under the pretense that she and Mali are married. Unlike Mali, who is contemptuous of his father and his native country, Grace embraces Indian and Hindu culture and tries hard to become part of the family. Perhaps due to her biological father’s abandonment, she seems particularly happy to be Jagan’s “daughter-in-law,” making repeated overtures of friendship toward him. Though Jagan sometimes finds her naïve enthusiasm for India and Hinduism off-putting, he believes she is a “good girl.” When Jagan won’t provide the start-up money for Mali’s story-writing-machine factory and Grace’s savings run out, Mali and Grace’s relationship breaks down—suggesting that while Grace wanted to become part of Mali’s family, Mali was interested in Grace primarily as a future employee and a source of cash. When Jagan tries to convince Mali to marry Grace—as Grace alleges he promised he would—Mali claims that she is mentally unstable. Yet despite her past wounds and obvious unhappiness, Grace eventually moves out of Mali’s family home and gets a job at a hostel, implying that she is more resilient that Mali realizes.
Grace Quotes in The Vendor of Sweets
The The Vendor of Sweets quotes below are all either spoken by Grace or refer to Grace. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5 Quotes
Gradually his reading of the Bhagavad Gita was replaced by the blue airmail letters.
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After Mali travels to the U.S., he begins sending Jagan airmail letters describing the U.S. and American culture. Jagan reads and rereads these letters so obsessively that they eventually supplant his daily reading of the Bhagavad Gita, an important Hindu scripture. This supplanting shines light on two facets of Jagan’s character. First, Jagan is genuinely devoted to Mali despite his frequent avoidance of and difficulties communicating with his son. He is so touched by Mali voluntarily communicating with him that he treats Mali’s letters almost as if they were sacred texts. Sadly, Jagan will later learn that Mali’s girlfriend Grace, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam c
Chapter 6 Quotes
Prayer was a sound way of isolating oneself—but sooner or later it ended: one could not go on praying eternally, though one ought to.
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Mali has asked Jagan to fund his story-writing-machine business. Jagan, intensely conflict-avoidant, doesn’t want to fund the business but also doesn’t want to tell Mali no. One morning, while Jagan is praying, Mali enters the room and begins to approach the topic of the story-writing machines indirectly—only for his more sensitive girlfriend Grace to summon Mali away so that he doesn’t disturb Jagan’s prayers. In response, Jagan thinks that prayer is “a sound way of isolating oneself,” though it is not a permanent solution because “one could not go on praying eternally.” This thought reveals that while Jagan is a Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum es
Chapter 9 Quotes
“If she has nothing to do here, she goes back, that’s all. Her air ticket must be bought immediately.”
“But a wife must be with her husband, whatever happens.”
“That was in your day,” said Mali, and left the room.
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Mali has once again cornered his father Jagan to demand whether Jagan has come to a decision about funding Mali’s story-writing-machine business. In response, Jagan asks what will happen to Mali’s American girlfriend Grace—whom Mali has claimed is his wife—if Jagan refuses. Mali claims that Grace must return to the U.S. unless she has something “to do” in his business. This rather surprising claim reveals that Mali thinks of his relationship to Grace as first and foremost a business arrangement. That is, if she is not serving the needs of his business, that means she must have nothing “to do”—and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint ap
Chapter 10 Quotes
“Mo has no more use for me.”
“Use or no use, my wife—well, you know, I looked after her all her life.”
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Jagan is hoping to salvage a relationship with Grace, the young American woman whom he believes to be his daughter-in-law, despite the breakdown in her relationship with Jagan’s son Mali. He goes to speak with Grace alone and asks her whether her potential return to the U.S. was Mali’s idea or hers. Grace tells Jagan that “Mo”—her nickname for Mali—has “no more use” for her now that she isn’t working and has run out of money. Mali and Grace’s acceptance of the idea that one person’s “use” for their romantic partner might be exhausted if their partner no longer has Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis
“Our young men live in a different world from ours and we must not let ourselves be upset too much by certain things they do.”
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When the cousin comes to visit Jagan’s sweet shop in the afternoon as usual, Jagan immediately blurts what he learned from Grace that morning: Grace and Mali aren’t married as Mali claimed. The cousin, seeing how flustered and unhappy Mali’s premarital relationship has made Jagan, tells him that “young men live in a different world from ours” and that, therefore, the older generation shouldn’t get “upset too much by certain things they do.” This quotation reveals that the cousin as well as Jagan feels a deep generational divide between people around his age, who remember India prior to its independence Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad ten
Chapter 11 Quotes
“Grace has been getting funny notions, that’s why I told you to pack her off, but you grudged the expenditure,” said Mali.
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Mali has once again cornered Jagan and pressured him to declare once and for all whether he will fund Mali’s business. Jagan, meanwhile, is fixated on the idea that Mali and his girlfriend Grace need to marry quickly to redeem their shameful premarital relationship. Yet when Jagan tells Mali that he can arrange a fast marriage, Mali says that “Grace has been getting funny notions” and that he wants her to leave. The terms Mali uses to express this desire show his disregard for Grace as a person and his tendency to see even interpersonal relationships in commercial terms. It Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed placeat. Aut tenetur autem. Fugit voluptates in. Quidem impedit sunt. Excepturi ullam nobis. Ducimus odio quo. Ut autem harum. Omnis vel
Chapter 12 Quotes
Jagan, as became a junior, was careful not to show too much personal interest in his marriage, but he was anxious to know what was going on.
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In an extended flashback, Jagan is recalling how his older relatives helped arrange his marriage to his wife Ambika. This flashback occurs immediately after Jagan has failed to convince his son, Mali, to marry Grace, the young American woman with whom Mali has been having a premarital relationship. As such, the flashback is clearly intended to contrast Jagan’s relationship with his wife Ambika to Mali’s relationship with Grace. This quotation clearly reveals generational differences in how Jagan and Mali handle their romantic relationships. Young Jagan was interested in doing “what became a junior”—i.e., he was interested in conforming to his Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi
They sent out three thousand invitations. […] Jagan’s whole time was spent in greeting the guests or prostrating himself at their feet as if they were older relatives. The priests compelled him to sit before the holy fire performing complicated rites and reciting sacred mantras; his consolation was that during most of these he had to be clasping his wife’s hand; he felt enormously responsible as he glanced at the sacred thali he had knotted around her neck at the most auspicious moment of the ceremonies.
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In an extended flashback, Jagan recalls his wedding to Mali’s mother Ambika. Jagan and Ambika’s wedding creates a sharp implicit contrast between the romantic values of Jagan’s generation and those of Mali and Grace’s generation. Jagan and Ambika’s relationship is embedded in a larger social context: they send “three thousand invitations,” a massive number, and Jagan spends much of the wedding “greeting the guests,” whom he treats with tremendous respect, as if they were “older relatives.” By contrast, Mali and Grace’s relationship is private and atomized: Mali doesn’t even tell Jagan about Grace until he brings her home to India Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui
Chapter 13 Quotes
“If you meet her, tell her that if she ever wants to go back to her country, I will buy her a ticket. It’s a duty we owe her. She was a good girl.”
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At the novel’s end, Jagan decides to retire from worldly life to a religious retreat rather than involve himself with his son Mali’s upcoming trial for alcohol possession (illegal in Tamil Nadu, the Indian state where the novel implicitly takes place, until 1971). His parting words to his cousin, however, are not about Mali but about Mali’s rejected American girlfriend, Grace. This closing bit of dialogue sheds light both on Jagan’s motives for retiring to a religious retreat and his final judgment on Mali and Grace’s relationship. First, because Jagan has been timid, avoidant, and uncommunicative with Mali and Grace Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui voluptatum. Voluptatibus sed placeat. Aut tenetur autem. Fugit voluptates in. Quidem impedit sunt. Excepturi ullam nobi
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Grace Character Timeline in The Vendor of Sweets
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Chapter 5
...seems taller than before and surrounded by fancy possessions. He introduces the woman with him, Grace, as his wife. Jagan is shocked: Mali never said that he was married. Moreover, Grace...
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...thereof of various cars in India, while Mali periodically declares that “nothing has changed.” Meanwhile, Grace stares out the window happily. When she exclaims at the town’s loveliness, Mali says, “Honey,...
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...Mali goes to wash up while the cousin and the driver handle Mali’s luggage, leaving Grace alone with Jagan. He offers to get her anything she likes, not knowing what exactly...
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...the days pass, Jagan starts dodging his acquaintances because he doesn’t want to explain who Grace is. The cousin, curious whether Mali and Grace eat meat in Jagan’s house, asks indirect...
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...various American items from his packages. (One of the packages included a picnic basket that Grace presented to Jagan as a gift, but as Jagan had no idea what to do...
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One day, Grace enters Jagan’s side of the house and starts cleaning. When he tries to stop her,...
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Soon Jagan, uncomfortable, asks Grace whether Mali earned his degree in America. Grace, surprised, asks whether Jagan doesn’t know. Jagan...
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Jagan, uncomfortable, says he couldn’t have known—he didn’t know about Grace. When Grace asks whether Mali never wrote his own letters to Jagan, Jagan lies and...
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Grace claims that in other countries, only bureaucrats care about people’s backgrounds, but since she’s “Indian...
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...number, which humiliated him. Jagan asks what associates Jagan is talking about, and Mali calls Grace to join them for a “business” conversation. Mali leads Jagan to the hall, where Grace...
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...and leaves the house to check on more baggage arriving at the train station. Afterward, Grace asks Jagan whether he has any more questions. Jagan suggests they can always talk about...
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Chapter 6
The next morning, when Grace comes to clean Jagan’s side of the house, Jagan asks her whether Mali is free...
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Grace enters the room and says to Jagan how intelligent Mali is. Jagan, wondering what exactly...
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...setting up the factory and running it for the first half year. Jagan asks what Grace studied in college; she reminds him that she studied domestic economy. When Mali asks why...
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At home, Jagan feels that Mali and Grace are now putting themselves in his path and looking at him significantly. One day after...
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...a borrowed scooter and starts driving a green car. One morning, while Jagan is praying, Grace comes and tells him that the company bought the car used for business travel. Jagan...
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...use “non-violent non-cooperation” of the sort he learned from Gandhi to deal with Mali and Grace. One morning, Grace asks him whether he’s come to a decision about investing in the...
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...refuses, saying he has higher aspirations than selling sweets. Jagan stands up to go; seeing Grace’s unusually expressionless face, he wonders whether she is truly “a good girl or a bad...
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...warns Jagan not to make any rash decisions and offers to speak with Mali and Grace. Jagan says that the cousin can speak with them about whatever he likes—but Jagan isn’t...
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Chapter 7
...hair.” He asks whether Jagan needs his hair dyed, and Jagan—alarmed at how Mali and Grace might react, supposing they even noticed—gently declines. Then, remembering his book, he tells the bearded...
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Chapter 9
...When Jagan asks what will happen if he says no to the business, Mali says Grace will return to America. Jagan asks why, and Mali says Grace has no occupation in...
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When Jagan asks again whether Grace is unhappy, Mali says that she has nothing to be happy about because she has...
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Chapter 10
Jagan wants to talk to Grace, but though he hears her moving about the house, she hasn’t come into his section...
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...cousin says he ran into Mali at an acquaintance’s house. Mali told the cousin that Grace would be returning to America on a business trip. The cousin praises the gumption of...
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...goes into the puja room and prays for guidance. Then he goes and knocks on Grace’s door. While he waits, he remembers how decisive he used to be—for example, when as...
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Grace opens her door, greets Jagan, and invites him in. After Jagan makes some introductory comments,...
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Grace, walking Jagan out, says that “Mo”—Mali—wants her to return to America. Jagan, shocked, asks why....
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Grace admits that she and Mali aren’t married, though Mali promised to marry her according to...
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...shop, Jagan tells him that Mali isn’t married. The cousin asks whether Jagan talked with Grace, and Jagan repeats that she and Mali aren’t married. The cousin suggests that she should...
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...continue living in his house. The cousin suggests he use the back entrance to avoid Grace and Mali; Jagan agrees and asks the cousin not to tell anyone about the situation....
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Chapter 11
Jagan spends an entire morning shutting off his part of the house from Mali and Grace’s. After he leaves the house by the back door, he takes a side lane toward...
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Now all Jagan’s relatives are shunning him because of Grace: his sister sent him a nasty postcard about having a “beef-eating Christian girl for a...
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As Jagan walks to the sweets shop, Mali and Grace drive up in the green car and stop. Grace asks whether Jagan wants a ride....
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Two weeks later, Jagan realizes he hasn’t seen or heard Grace in a while. One day, Mali hears Jagan sneaking by, calls to him, and asks...
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Jagan announces that Mali and Grace need to get married. When Mali shouts that Jagan has been talking behind his back,...
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Chapter 13
...been sleeping by the statue. He looks at his house and thinks that Mali and Grace have failed to brighten it the way his own mother and Ambika did during happier...
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...a page from Mali’s book and eschew rituals, “bonds,” “links,” and “responsibility.” He recalls how Grace and Mali sat together with their legs touching in the green car and feels an...
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...journey now. But then he thinks that his brother will have heard the rumors about Grace and Mali and scorn Jagan as a result—so Jagan decides he’ll keep the key.
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...has questions. He gives the cousin a check for Mali’s bail. Finally, he asks where Grace is. The cousin begins to explain that Grace’s friends have found her a job in...
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