"What are you thinking, Bouthan?" The book slipped from Bondita's hand as she was startled by the sudden intervention. Batuk laughed. His age was almost the same as hers if not more. He was Aniruddha's younger brother but also Boudi's first childhood friend in Tulsipur. "Did I interrupt your thoughts about Dada?" Batuk mockingly asked as she glared at him. "You startled me like that, I was reading a book, Thakurpo!" She said, "What do you want?" "I am hungry," Batuk said rubbing his hand on his stomach a little sheepishly. Bondita was amused. "You just ate so much a while back." "Don't you know you should not keep an eye on how much someone eats?" Batuk frowned. "Especially a Zamindar. It's bad manners." "Yes, I understand." Bondita nodded amused. "So Zamindar Babu what will you eat now? Apple? Oranges and lemons? Jaggery bread?” “Give me whatever you want. I don’t judg