Passage 20

In English

’s mother-in-law was a very harsh woman. She gave the injunction that should not stir out of the house, should not attempt to see , and should not even utter the name of . The reason for this is that there was a feeling amongst the people that by playing various games with these girls, was actually spoiling the reputation of various families. , at that time, was a seven-year-old boy and there was no room whatsoever for entertaining such thoughts; but because of certain ill-feeling, there were people who were spreading such irresponsible views and stories about . Such bad people existed even at that time. In truth, there was no basis for such statements.