Sawant does not hear the king’s call but the queen does. The king watches through his golden binoculars as the sea swallows up the boat and the man. With his days in Ratnagiri numbered, the collector decides to take a boat out on the bay. The collector reveals that he has been fired from his position and is to return to Bombay. She tells her husband that she wants to return home and that he will be able to remarry she feels useless in Ratnagiri and, without Dolly, has no reason to stay. Uma finds the collector’s study door ajar. Picking up the bundle of Dolly’s clothes, Rajkumar leads them back to the bungalow. Dolly falls to the ground, sobbing, as the princesses wave quietly from a distant window. The queen already knows and has forbidden anyone to utter Dolly’s name ever again. The gates are locked and Dolly is refused entry. After the wedding, Dolly decides to see the queen.īy the time they arrive at the compound, it is already dark. The civil ceremony takes place in the collector’s office in secret Uma fears what will happen if the queen finds out. She tells him not to leave. Dolly and Rajkumar are to be married. As it approaches the jetty, Rajkumar leaps from the deck and approaches Dolly, puffing on a cheroot. Though the boat is leaving the bay, she shouts. They rush to the dock and Dolly leaps from the carriage, running toward the departing boat. Hesitatingly, he tells Dolly that Rajkumar is leaving and he offers to take her down to the port. Sawant slips into Dolly’s room as she sleeps. The king watches Rajkumar’s ship prepare to leave as Sawant serves him tea. She asks him to leave and he acquiesces to her request. Dolly tells him that the birth of the princess’s child makes the situation impossible and, despite Rajkumar’s protests, they can never be together. Uma insists that the two talk and leaves to fetch Rajkumar. Dolly confesses her previous mistakes, such as her relationship with Sawant, and that she had dreamed of Rajkumar. Uma informs Dolly that she believes Rajkumar is in love. She searches for Uma under the peepul tree and finds her, with Rajkumar alongside her. Later that day, Dolly is summoned to the collector’s house. Rajkumar interrupts Uma’s memories to ask for help. When he tells her of his struggles to speak to Dolly, she remembers her own courtship with her husband, which was done mostly through intermediaries. When she finally meets with Rajkumar, he thanks her for the previous evening and admits that Dolly was the girl from his story. Dolly has left the house, as has the collector. Uma is woken the next day to the news that Rajkumar is waiting for her.
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