After much reluctance on her part, I finally get Ida to sit at the dining cavern and eat with me. She looks lovely in the forest green dress I picked ...ut for her, even though her figure makes any dress of mine look shorter and looser fitting. After weve finished eating, we enjoy each others near silent company for what seems like hours. Ive learnt by this point that forcing a conversation with Ida isnt the right way to get her talking. For now it seems Ill have to be content with her. Checking it for any traps, she found none, so she carefully set her hand on it, moving it to feel which way it might want to move before she tried to actually activate it. She felt it seemed to want to pull out towards her. Carefully applying pressure to the ancient switch, she pulled until it slid out and inch then stopped. Now it felt to her fingers that it would turn a bit. She slowly twisted it clockwise, but in did not want to go far, so she turned it the other way and was rewarded by it. I questioned Mom why so hurry, so she said that she was having a deal back in our house with a non-regular politician from her father’s city. The matter was of property which is to be distributed between her and her brother (my Mama). But her brother is claiming it whole in his name as he broke the relationship with his sister when she ran for love marriage. So fix a deal with the Mr. B.I Thoke (if the name uttered in pure Marathi than its Ba Ee. Thoke (woman fucker) Balasaheb Eeshiwer Thoke).. Palash its Sheela, not Sheelaji.”“Then call me Palash.”“Ok,” Sheela said.He joined her for lunch. He said, “Today my wife was not feeling well and hence have to eat this stupid canteen food.” Sheela said Palash you can share my lunch. So saying they had lunch together amid small talks of their work and personal life.Palash was about 35 years of age. Height same as Sheela 5’6” fair and healthy built slightly stocky. But with an affable humourous nature. He had one child studying in nursery. Post.