Part II, Chapter XXIV: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
The punkah-wallah: a beautiful Untouchable who works the courthouse fan
Mr. Das: Hindu judge presiding over the trial, Heaslop’s assistant
Summary
Adela is now staying with the Turtons. Ronny continues to support her faithfully, yet she asks herself if she is capable of loving anyone. Fearing that she will break down under cross-examination, she tells the Turtons that her echo has come back.
There are signs of unrest on the way to the court, and they hear further reports about it. The Anglo-Indians tend to blame Fielding. Major Callendar issues another brutal tirade against these “buck niggers,” during which he refers mockingly to the disfigured...
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