It was evening when Babuli reached home. Nobody came forward to receive him. His nephews and sister-in-law also did not come out to receive him. His second brother and his wife was also in the house but they took no notice of him. Everything seemed silent like the stillness of a graveyard.

शाम के समय बबुली अपने घर पहुँचा। उसकी घर में अगवानी करने कोई नहीं आया। उसके छोटे भाई तथा उसकी पत्नी घर में मौजूद थे, किंतु किसी ने उसकी सुधि नहीं ली। हर चीज इतनी शांत थी जैसे कोई कब्रिस्तान का सन्नाटा पसरा हो।