PASSIONS OF LEARNING

Nn is struggling to enhance her english pronunciation. She learns that all words have precise sound but no longer everyone can produce the sound accurately or pronounce effectively. Ann is anita but she likes to call herself ‘ann’ like how her tutor daneesh calls himself ‘dan.’ it sounds so english and appropriate. She wishes to speak like dan, so crisp and accurate, so apt and musical. Phrases have magical effect when dan speaks. He tells her, “get the sound right then pass for the words just like the manner a toddler learns a brand new language. You want to reinforce your basics.”

at sixteen her tongue doesn’t perform the magic she expects it to do. Her own mom tongue sounds unique like rolling rounded pebbles in a metallic vessel. Ann wants to listing all critical words first. But which words are critical? If her mom had been alive she would possibly have indexed them down for her.

‘modher’ she tells aloud coming down closely on the closing syllable. Tight lipped, dan shakes his neatly cropped head and looks out. Outdoor, the wind roars selecting up litters. Miriam comes with same mugs of piping warm coffee and a quarter plate full of biscuits upon a tray and units them down on the table. Dan looks at his espresso mug. It has the photo of a ship on its outdoor like the portrait on the wall. “buy one get one unfastened’ scheme, that’s how the mugs seems. However the portrait is beautiful at the wall. The massive, overpowering deliver stands majestically within the still ocean as though spilling peace. He thinks of his father sailing someplace within the ocean. He is the captain of the deliver. That deliver had brought dan to india from london. He beverages his coffee. How soothing! They too had served espresso in the deliver however it become awful. The sea had made him so unwell that he remained in his cabin, reading. That wasn’t bad. Mogra vegetation in pots have been coated alongside the wall of the deck. When the buds opened inside the evening the perfume became invigorating. The fragrance offset the smell of seaweed but dan knew the subsequent morning the odor of seaweed would overpower the deck. He has troubles along with his visa but he wants to cross again to london. He is also looking for a job to keep himself busy and get a few money. Teaching is his ardour although he's a software engineer. Today is his first day at tutoring ann.

“let’s walk at the sand and communicate,” dan tells her. Out of doors within the outside the remote receding sea dazzles the eyes. The mangroves appearance dangerous and deadly for miles and miles. The salty sea breeze sticks to the pores and skin. Ann walks by using dan’s side at the sand, along the shore. They walk slowly leaving footprints on the sand that weighs on their ft.

“the most effective manner you could enhance your english is by listening. Inform me how did you study your mother tongue?”

“hmmm…… by using listening.”

“sure, you learnt to talk your mother tongue most effective by taking note of human beings all around you. It was now not taught to you. Further now you may analyze the sound machine of english most effective through listening to it day in and time out. Then make concerted efforts to pronounce the phrases as they should be pronounced. Language usually begins with the ears. The hassle with you is you have learnt english as a second language and the habits of your mom tongue are so strong that they are tough to break. So what you do now is construct a brand new set of sound gadgets of english and slowly break down the vintage habits of your own language sound system. You need to unlearn or at least neutralise the strong local accessory. You can try this via constructing or developing new methods of mastering, new ways of the use of your speech organs, new speech behavior. Do you understand?”

ann smiles. ‘dan is a superb teacher’ she thinks.

“the next day i’ll come with a proper syllabus.” he says. There’s overcast in the sky. The sun is in hiding. The wind howls and the ocean starts offevolved to upward thrust. A crow swoops down and sits at the sand. They have a look at the crow. It searches for some thing, caws and flies off. A ghostly mist of cloud like pollution covers the sea. This increases the humidity. Years ago on a cloudy moist day ann’s mother had died in an coincidence. Her global ended then. However no, lifestyles endured and she or he is still getting to know to cope with her absence. Now with masses of financial institution balance her father has determined to calm down in madh island, in mumbai where there's lots of sea and calmness, and carry on together with his enterprise. But ann is lonely. She has to preserve her studies within the next educational year. The dislocation has fee her one academic 12 months. She has now 3 months at hand to construct a terrific working knowledge of english.

“when i gift my daughter to an elite crowd she must communicate properly english.” ann’s father had informed dan ultimate week within the club while he came down from the dais in the midst of his announcements as an emcee of a programme. The club changed into packed with elite humans, men, women, and ladies. There has been life in the crowd. Track changed into flowing like candy honey. Circles of smoke escalated from cigarettes. Dan did no longer smoke. He agreed to instruct his daughter. The pay packet become attractive and he ought to pursue his interest too that of teaching. The dual cause became served. The next morning at 9 dan comes and ann says, “exact morning”

he smiles and replies, “well, a very good morning to you.” he indicates her the syllabus. It's far intricate. She likes it. On monday, wednesday, friday she has to work on spoken english and on tuesday, thursday and saturday she has to work on written english.

“do you have a tape recorder?” he asks and she or he says, “sure.”

“then make use of the tape-recorder. You may be capable of pay attention what you sound like to others when you play returned what you have recorded and this is very useful. You could report a sentence or a protracted passage with which you are acquainted by using way of listening to it spoken by means of an amazing speaker of english. Maintain working towards till you get them right.” he says. “however talking exact english isn't always sufficient. You want to jot down and explicit yourself surely.”

“however…. However the tape recorder and cassettes are antique. They may not work nicely,” she tells haltingly.

“properly then, can you use your computer?”

“sure, i will,”

“all right then i shall set up a software program called ‘silver tide’ on your pc. This programme will allow you to talk into the mike and you can play it lower back from the mp3. We will create your voice recording documents date wise. And you may hear for your self the improvement you are making in due route.”

ann is prompted to analyze. Dan installs the programme. He wears the headphone and speaks into the mike. He reads out a whole tale from a ebook, after which plays it back for her. She listens to his perfect english. She is intrigued. Dan’s voice is clear and perfect. It really works like magic. She is able to pick out the sound and speak properly. Miriam comes with two mugs of espresso. It's far fresh and relaxing.

“if you examine this manner you may be capable to accumulate a stockpile of sound reminiscence with the intention to shape a firm base in your accomplishment.” he tells her. He sips the espresso and appears out of the window, the ocean is inviting. “allow’s go out and walk on the sand.”

they walk at the sand, the sun shines at the horizon and the breeze is robust. Ann walks through his aspect and turns again to see their footsteps, pairs, one heavy and the other light. A wave comes up from the sea and wipes them. The water is cold and alluring. Dan is looking her aloud, “what did you have got for your breakfast?”

“bread butter and apples reduce.”

“properly, say you had bread and butter and diced apples.”

“what did you have got for your breakfast?” she surprises him. Dan laughs and says, “i had bread and jam, omelette and a can of orange juice; and now coffee with you.”

he continues talking and he or she maintains listening. She is mesmerised by using his voice, his english, his impersonal approaches, and his character. He is so indifferent and but so worried. Isn’t that the signal of a very good teacher? Ann is enchanted. English language is mesmerizing. She turns to english information channels and keenly listens to them. She thinks ‘english is a language of manners and etiquettes. Phrases seem to waft out of them like a clear move in shiny solar.’

dan teaches her speech production and outline of each sound. He tells her how bilabial plosives are articulated through each lips like in /p,b,m,w/, what are voiced and unvoiced plosives, how dental plosives are used in words like thank after which. Ann learns how speech organs paintings in english and the way every organ just like the lips, nasal cavity, hard palate, larynx, and tongue, etc co-ordinate to provide top and clear speech.

“however the thoughts are all yours to specific.” he tells.

“how do you already know a lot of english?” she asks him.

“properly, i learnt english as my first language; that aside i've bought a e-book on spoken english and have performed my homework earlier than coaching you. It’s under no circumstances difficult, you realize.”

ann likes mondays, wednesdays and fridays. On nowadays he speaks a lot on various subjects and makes her speak as well. They report the speeches and listen to them. They take long walks on the ocean shore and the sea breeze enthusiasts her proposal. On the other days ann writes short notes, diary entries, and various other communications. She maintains a report and documents all the written communication date-clever with dan’s corrections. Ann is now aware of her sick-fitting dress and oil plastered hair. She desires to appear like the news readers. “how charming they appearance,” she tells her father one night. Her father right away makes preparations for a seamstress. She designs ann’s dresses, forms of tops, skirts, denims and parallels, tank tops etc. Ann is transformed. Her hair is washed and cut in steps and dried with a drier as though prepared for a feature. She now has three pairs of footwear to suit her attire. Her cell beautician suggests an amazing fragrance that she could wear on all days. However dan does not observe the changes in her. He simply tells, “all outside adjustments are manifestations of inner adjustments.”

in the future they take a detour of the region and encounter an antique abandoned crumbling castle. Ann is excited and asks him, “why did the kings need forts?”

glad to percentage his information he tells her the reasons-political, social and financial reasons to hold a castle. They stroll towards the castle. The tide is low and the ocean is a ways away. It's far hot and humid. They stroll on the sea bed and reach the fort. It's miles an deserted castle, eerie and dark and smelling of mold and decay. Dan tells her how there has been a time whilst forts thrived in maharashtra. He is going on tell her many historical facts. Ann is absolutely mesmerised. They bypass from one stone room to every other. A bat flutters and a pigeon is ruffled. The sea has deposited sand, dust and sludge in the fort. They pass by a pillar, she trips and is about to fall at the slippery floor. In a flash dan steadies her by way of encircling his arm round her waist and pulling her up. She leans on his shoulders and that they lean against the pillar for aid for a second. Dan pushes her apart and maintains with the story. But ann is unsettled. She feels like crying and he or she doesn’t realize why. She smiles as speedy as a chook walking before the waves, mild-footedly.

“what came about? Shall we go returned to the beaches?”

“yes, yes” she tells. They stroll again to the seashores but dan nevertheless is going on along with his memories of the citadel. Ann isn't always hearing. She is feeling awkward. She had liked his aftershave lotion and his manliness, his tall slender honest parent, his informal t-blouse and jeans. How good-looking he seemed! However no, she need to not notice something private approximately him. He is a superb instructor and that’s all. They walk slowly and as they near the rocks, he shows that they sit down at the dry sand. The two take a seat on the sand leaning against a dry rock. They listen to the ocean. Many birds circle above their heads. Dan speaks. “inform me five sentences of what you spot now. I would like to listen.”

ann’s spirits slowly begin to leap. He stated the phrase ‘love’

she tells, “we're sitting within the sand. The ocean is some distance away. There are birds flying in the sky. I'm speaking and you are listening.”

dan laughs. “properly, but we are sitting on the sand no longer within the sand.”

“while you aren't teaching what do you do?” she asks him.

“i take a walk by means of the ocean at the sand while the sun isn't always excessive; i love to walk at the sand. I experience a strong bonding with the sea. At different times i write e-mails, chat with pals abroad on whatsapp, surf the internet, study books, and concentrate to song and so on”

“what's ‘and many others’?”

“well, i cook, smooth, wash, positioned out the clothes for drying, iron them and many others. No, no and many others. That’s all i do.”

“so you stay alone?”

“sure.”

“wherein do you stay?”

“in cranesbury road.”

that night ann has a dream. She goals that she is standing on the high cliff and the wind is blowing. She loses stability and falls. But dan is standing under and holds her in his hands. He kisses her and he or she wakes up in cold sweat. She recalls her awkwardness in the citadel and feels ashamed. She cries into the pillow. She doesn’t recognize what’s happening to her. “if best mother have been alive, she might have instructed me.” she thinks. If her mom were alive she would have said, “don’t fear infant, this is only a passing section. Such gentle stirrings are commonplace in adolescence. You are packed with awe and respects for dan and you've confused that for love additionally your loneliness is another motive to attract you to him. Don’t worry, it'll skip off.”

the following day dan stands in front of her together with his fingers in his pocket. He pulls out a stone and offers it to her. She appears at it, amazed. She turns it in her hand and smiles.

“do you know at one time this pebble changed into a rock?”

he tells her how weathering takes vicinity. Then they concentrate to the document-recordings and ann speaks into the mike. She doesn’t experience self-conscious anymore. She desires him to praise her. Her speech is now stepped forward. But dan doesn’t compliment her in any respect. He only encourages her to carry out higher than the preceding try. “every new speech must be better than your preceding one.”

nowadays the tide is pretty excessive and the waves gush forth with a natural glee as if every wave is competing with the next one. The foamy spray chills her. They stroll down the cliffs in colour. The wind blows a siren and it will become a musical melody with the sound of the waves. Dan pushes his hair back together with his skinny lengthy honest arms.

“what made you smile with the pebble in hand?” dan asks her.

“i remembered an egg. It changed into abnormal fashioned just like the stone. We used to get such eggs often back in our fatherland and the omelettes additionally might flip out strange formed.”

dan smiles.

“in words like ‘regularly’ ‘christmas’ ‘fort’ /t/ is silent.” he tells.

“then why should phrases have silent letters? Isn’t it right to spell phrases as we pronounce them?”

dan is taken unawares. He clears his throat and tells, “english language is funny. There's no consistency maintained among written form and spoken form.”

ann feels first rate. She smiles to herself for having taken him off protect though no longer intentional.

“the day gone by i noticed a beautiful design for your word ebook.” dan smiles and asks, “who drew it?”

“me.”

he smiles again and says, “you must recognise while and wherein to apply ‘i’ and ‘me’

‘i’ is constantly used as issue and ‘me’ as an item, like ‘i drew the design.’ or else ‘the layout turned into drawn by using me.’ get it?”

“i always get pressured with ‘i and me’.” she tells with a ridicule smile. Dan throws a quick examine her.

“in english the difficulty of a sentence is the man or woman, area or factor that performs. Now have i cleared your confusion?”

“sort of.” ann smiles at him and he returns it, looking thrilled. They walk in silence staring into area. A bird screeches and lands on a cliff.

“do you recognize any sea birds? Appearance there’s one perched on the cliff.” he says pointing to the cliff.

“i realize most effective seagulls.”

“but there are kinds of gulls like king gull, ivory gull, relict gull, silver gull, mediterranean gull and so forth.”

“can you inform me the difference among stork and crane?” she asks.

“storks are huge, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with lengthy stout bills, belonging to the own family called ciconiidae. Egrets are the ones you typically see anywhere there's water and marsh. Surely you could locate a number of these sorts of birds that appearance comparatively similar. Herons, egrets, cranes, and storks, some of these birds are tough to inform aside. But actually cranes have long necks. There are also different sea birds like indian skimmer additionally referred to as as scissorbills,” he tells her. “to tell you the reality, i can not make out the birds in a single look. By the time i absorb info and try to make out that's which, they fly off.”

ann laughs aloud. It sounds funny to her.

“the vicinity i live is called cranesbury. Do you already know why?” after a pause, he provides, “because there are many cranes there.”

“certainly?”

“no, i was just kidding.”

he giggles at his own joke. Ann does not apprehend however she enjoys it. They fall silent for a long term then ann asks him, “how do you understand such a lot of things?”

“nicely, i am a lover of birds. I'm fond of ornithology-the take a look at of birds. Also, i am a eager observer of nature and birds, i study a whole lot of books and do you already know what? I additionally write.”

“what do you write?”

“my observations, poems on nature, travelogues, and now i am writing a novel.”

ann feels so glad that a heat gush of blood flows via her veins as though she has determined her misplaced soul. She appears up at him with a heat smile and immediately he seems at her too and smiles. The sky looks like a blue carpet and the white clouds form styles after patterns tossed by the winds. A few children are flying kites at the shores. The kite flies high tugged by means of the wind and comes nostril-diving into the ocean. The waves pull the kite alongside and sell off it at the shore once more. It's far now moist and broken. The children abandon it with its string and run off. They belong to the sea and wetness. It is twilight. Ann is on the eating desk. They're having coffee. Her father asks her the way it’s all going. Whether she has made any headway in getting to know to speak and write english. Ann is satisfied and she or he tells him she has made progress in leaps and bounds and whilst she speaks she runs her palms through her hair like dan. Her father notices the change in her; she’s glad and inspired to study and has now end up extra assured with this language. He turns to the news channel. Ann selections up a metallic glass tumbler and appears at her mirrored image. Her face is out of shape within the concave photo. However she likes her photo and herself.

“you have got only a few days greater.” says her father. “i'm trying to put you in st. Marcellina. I've spoken to a few humans. So see that you communicate nicely and fluently in english whilst you are called for an interview.”

ann’s coronary heart is sort of a song. Outdoor the sea is calm and the night is exceptional. The stars have come out. And within the starry mild the mangroves appear to be cultured pearls, the timber appear to be pebbles, and the sea, ink blue. The subsequent morning ann goes for a walk at the beaches even earlier than dawn. The pre sunrise wind cuts like a knife. She wraps her stole round her and walks. Oh, how she loves to stroll at the sand. A wood stump moist and putrid lies at the sand. She thinks of the youngsters who may have performed with it. She leans in opposition to the cliff and watches the dawn. Everywhere in the location tiny rock splinters and dicey sandstones are strewn. Bright pebbles glimmer inside the golden mild. There are many sea-shells lying rounded, withered, gotten smaller, sharp and broken by time and tide. They line up the beaches. The shoreline stretches as some distance as the eye may want to see and further too. The reddened eastern sky and the blazing horizon, the otherwise blue benign sky exhilarate and brighten up the vicinity. Ann feels lifestyles is so stunning. She isn't always aware about time. She turns back home and to her wonder sees dan speaking along with her father. He's status awkwardly within the backyard protecting the grill with one hand, talking and after a while, her father shakes hand with him. He sees ann and walks towards her.

“whats up, what are you doing out there within the cold?”

“i am taking a stroll, enjoying the beauty of dawn.”

“isn’t it extremely good to walk at the sand?”

“it would be greater notable with you” she wishes to mention however she merely says, “sure.”

“so did you spot the solar upward push?”

“yes.”

now he ambles up toward her. He waves a packet at her and offers her the packet, which is a cd and tells her, “that is for you. It is called ‘voluble’ in different phrases textual content to speech. There are at the least a dozen voices. You could write any rely on the gap furnished or import any passage from word report and click on on the voice of your preference. It'll examine out to you in oxford english.” then he provides, “it’s a gift from me to you. I ordered it particularly for you from london.”

“thanks so much,” she inform him urgent the packet to her coronary heart. He is going on to replace her on a way to use it, the way to install it in her pc. They stroll with the wind on their hair. The odor of sea is blended with the nice and cozy sunlight and sunrise. The entirety spelt of peace round her, the peace of daylight, the peace of triumph, the peace of relationships and the peace of being. Ann includes the packed cd in her hand. She is in a hurry to look its contents. She can't believe how thoughtful dan is. He is the quality ever trainer who stimulated her to talk and write english. They stroll lower back to the house. Her footwear are covered with sand. She leaves them out on the steps, washes her feet and walks in. Dan follows her. He installs the cd and explains to her the way it works. Ann is so excited. She copies and pastes a paragraph from phrase file on the gap supplied and clicks on a male voice. The voice reads out the passage in perfect oxford english. She suggests her notebook for corrections. He reads the contents and closes the e-book with an air of finality, like in no way earlier than. That night her father tells her of the impending interview, she has with the primary of st. Marcellina the subsequent morning. Ann is going to the school. It appears each bit like a convent college, with an expansive playground, a nunnery, trees and potted flowers, big gates and security at the doorway. Inside the building, the easy and shining corridors, the spacious classrooms with tables and chairs, the long elegant word boards with superbly carved pix well pinned with pushpins, all look attractive and conducive to teaching and gaining knowledge of. At the same time as ready to be referred to as in ann notices that, every lecture room is centrally air-conditioned. Her interview goes off well. Ann is considering dan’s travelling time. ‘he shouldn’t wait long for me, and now not locating me he shouldn’t depart.’

however, whilst she goes lower back domestic dan has no longer come. Miriam tells her that dan did not come. She is restless. This is the first time he hasn’t come in 3 months. She completes her paintings and listens to his voice in the files. His voice is warm and musical. She feels excited and loves his voice. She fashions her speech after his style. She statistics her speech and plays it lower back. Potentially she has progressed her spoken english. She feels assured. The relaxation of the day she attempts to read a e-book. It's miles interesting and tells the adventures of a college boy. The following day too he doesn’t come. Ann writes her diary. She writes about her walk on the sand and all that she saw. She writes about the sand dunes formed with the aid of the wind, the apparent dunes at the horizon. Her mind are fuelled by dan’s poetry. She have to have told him to reveal some of his poems to her. Why didn’t she tell him? While dan doesn’t come at the 0. 33 day she feels something is wrong. He won't be properly. She is restive, edgy. She desires to meet him. She doesn’t even understand in which he stays. Yes, he had stated ‘cranesbury street.’ she goes out but the infinite roads on all the four guidelines scare her. She takes a road to her left and walks. A bicycle owner comes whistling and winks at her. She turns again and is going domestic. All of sudden the whole thing seems stupid and meaningless. She cannot study, write and speak. There's no life in her sports. She choices up the phone and dials her father’s quantity.

“what happened to dan? He hasn’t come for 3 days.”

“ugh? You don’t understand? He has long past back to london. He has got a process that fits his profile. His visa hassle is settled. He wants to marry gloria, his ladylove and installation their home in london. They are getting married subsequent spring. I notion you understand. In any case, he told me you're a good scholar and has learnt to speak the language nicely. You don’t want any extra training. He is confident that you may get admission. Now you maintain training. See you inside the night.”

ann is stung. The suddenness of the news numbs her. She is speechless. Her lower lip drops and she stares into area. Not able to include herself she is going to the window. Slowly the impact of the news sinks in and he or she feels a constriction in her throat. It grows dismally and she or he bursts into tears no longer knowing why. She cries as though her coronary heart could smash and she or he does not know why the tears fell in torrents. Time drags and he or she is lonely. ‘why didn’t he inform me? At least he should have said the lessons is over. I might not have waited. This is uncooked deal certainly.’

miriam places a plate of cheese fritters and apple desserts on the table. Ann’s father is in his evening get dressed. He watches commercial enterprise information and alternatives an apple cake from the plate. Ann is not able to devour. She picks up a duplicate of the afternoon tabloid and tries to study. Her father is calm and at peace and is enjoying the snacks. ‘he has accomplished his responsibilities. It changed into only a agreement—this lessons and it's far throughout. Dan has completed his obligations and long gone away with the fat pay packet with a clean conscience, to his love. When all are doing their duties why am i sad?’

she still has to study many a lesson of existence and time will train her ultimately.

“why don’t you devour? Ann’s father is telling her. She attempts to eat the cake. In the end it tastes right and the fritters too. She drinks the espresso. Her father is telling her of st marcellina. What a outstanding college it is. She isn't fascinated. She nods and pretends to listen what he says, pretends to be fascinated but is taking her espresso mug with 1/2 the coffee still in it, to the sink to clean. Miriam comes and takes it from her. The nighttime drags and miriam chefs for the night time. The supper is served however ann isn't always hungry she stares on the food with a heaviness in her heart and pushes the food right here and there in the plate.

“what are you doing, infant?” her father asks “are you praying over your food?”

at night ann is going to her room. Her bed is made. The pillowcases are embroidered with flowers and leaves and butterflies. All her mom’s work. She turned into fond of embroidery. All mattress sheets are move-stitched with embroidery. Ann has no heart to alternate it. She sleeps with first rate problem. Her goals are hazy and disturbed. The beyond, present and future are all blended up, light, water, earth and sky are blended up too. Her mom tells her something at one time and dan laughs at another time. The sea and sand come to her doors….. Sister radcliff, the important, prays solemnly into the mike. Her voice booms thru the general public address machine. “our father who artwork in heaven…” there's best silence inside the college. Ann is sitting in her magnificence in her uniform and tie. She seems clever. This is the simplest yr she has to look at in school. Then she is loose to visit university. All her subjects are simple and thrilling. She has a timetable to observe in college as well as at home. She has to maintain herself busy. She listens to the talks of the alternative girls. They handiest border on movies, actors, food, style, kitty events and boyfriends; what they did the preceding evening, etc. This isn't her cup of tea. At smash time she wanders out on the floor and looks outside the gate. The traffic is flowing there and pedestrians are walking on the paved footpath. There’s a person at the gate. He resembles dan. She hurries to the gate but he is a stranger. No, she have to no longer consider dan. He is past and her present is the faculty and her future is yet to unfold. She walks on the bright lit corridor. There are artwork on the ceiling. But ann has got a few artwork on her heart. They may be etched for eternity. Most effective she will see them others can't. She consists of the breeze of the ocean together with her. Mrs. Emily, the english instructor, is making an announcement with a lilt in her voice. Her english is outstanding, and ideal. She is informing the scholars of an inter-college english elocution opposition. Ann is confident to take part in the elocution however she isn't fascinated. She has no choice to prove to absolutely everyone her oratory skills. Now she is aware of the distinction between desirable english and horrific english, regional english accent, vernacular willing english and english-english. Sister thomas is on her rounds. Her tall stately determine passing through the classrooms is sufficient to silence the scholars and to put in force field in the school. Ann is aware of that it's miles her responsibility she is sporting out. The day drags on. They're sitting at the dining desk, ann and her father, with the bright skinny ray of solar and sky beside them. He is calling her approximately her faculty and how she likes it. She solutions in monosyllables. Miriam is going out to the bakery to get bread loaves and buns and flowers from the florist. She is a superb girl who doesn’t intrude in anything. She is aware of her work. Has she no feelings? Ann by no means requested her. After what seems a while she makes a decision to go for a stroll on the sand. She thinks, ‘on occasion a moment can change your route of life.’

the wind hisses. Ann identifies this rain bearing wind, blowing throughout from the southwest. The darkish clouds too scud across the sky threatening rain. ‘the rains have arrived’ she tells aloud. The ocean has risen and is full of lifestyles. The irritated waves spew saline foam blended with froth, mordant and sallow. She sees pyramid like sand dunes on the horizon. It's far simply an phantasm. Slowly the patterns alternate and now the horizon is like a ribbon. She yells and the wind caries her voice away. She feels properly. The ocean is her rescuer. She will do something to the ocean, shout, yell, abuse, cry and are trying to find comfort too. At night time, a thunder booms via the sky. There are not any stars tonight. It rains heavily and the odor of earth and sea pervades her room, a frog croaks inside the distance. Miriam is cleaning the table. She folds the napkins and leaves a jug of water on the desk. Ann’s eyes are sad. But there may be no one to see her eyes. She recollects the pebble, is going to the cabinet and takes out the small bottle, unscrews its cap and takes out the stone. She recalls the day whilst dan had left it at the desk and in the afternoon at four the sunlight had peeped in via the window, falling on the pebble, lights it bright. She had preserved it in a small bottle. Tears prick her eyelids. The whole thing is blurred. ‘he could have instructed me, he should have stated the training is throughout or that he is going away. He could have ended it nicely. Why did he do that to me?’ but now there are continents and centuries among her and dan. Tears circulation down her cheeks. The wind howls outside. She lifts the pebble slowly to her lips