Question

He saw the essential human worth of a letter. What is meant by this line?

Answer 1

This means the postmaster was completely transformed after he underwent the pain of not hearing any news about his own sick daughter who lived in a distant town. Now he empathized with Ali. He wondered he could not bear the suspense concerning his daughter's health only for one night and how Ali must have gone through the painful suspense concerning his daughter, Miriam for five years! He no longer thought of letters in terms of envelopes and postcards. Now he saw the essential human worth of a letter. He watched them as eagerly as though each contained a warm, beating heart.