how do you know that the narrtor is agod fearing lady in the story in the arms of the grace
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The different ways in which we come to know that the author’s grandmother was a religious person are given below.
(i) She said her morning prayers in a monotonous sing-song and wanted the author to learn it by heart.
(ii) She went to school with the author as the school was attached to the temple.
(iii) The grandmother used to read scriptures inside the temple.
(iv) Gradually, she turned to reciting prayers all through the day.
(v) Her fingers were busy telling the beads of her rosary and her mind seemed to be lost in prayer.
(vi) In the end, she stopped talking to her family members and turned to prayers, before her lips stopped moving, forever.
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Explanation:
ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴀʏs ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ’s ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴀs ᴀ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏᴜs ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴀʀᴇ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ʙᴇʟᴏᴡ.
(ɪ) sʜᴇ sᴀɪᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴀʏᴇʀs ɪɴ ᴀ ᴍᴏɴᴏᴛᴏɴᴏᴜs sɪɴɢ-sᴏɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ɪᴛ ʙʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ.
(ɪɪ) sʜᴇ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴛᴏ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴡᴀs ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇᴍᴘʟᴇ.
(ɪɪɪ) ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴀɴᴅᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ sᴄʀɪᴘᴛᴜʀᴇs ɪɴsɪᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇᴍᴘʟᴇ.
(ɪᴠ) ɢʀᴀᴅᴜᴀʟʟʏ, sʜᴇ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴄɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴀʏᴇʀs ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ.
(ᴠ) ʜᴇʀ ғɪɴɢᴇʀs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʙᴜsʏ ᴛᴇʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴅs ᴏғ ʜᴇʀ ʀᴏsᴀʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴍɪɴᴅ sᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʟᴏsᴛ ɪɴ ᴘʀᴀʏᴇʀ.
(ᴠɪ) ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ, sʜᴇ sᴛᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴀʏᴇʀs, ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ʜᴇʀ ʟɪᴘs sᴛᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ, ғᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ.