Question

What was the postmasters state of mind after he had given Alis letter to Lakshmi Das for delivering it to him

Answer 1

The postmaster was stunned and flabbergasted at the unique phenomenon he had witnessed in the early morning at five o clock. As he had spotted Miriam's letter in the heap of unsorted letters on the table, he had picked it up thinking he would himself hand over the letter to Ali. After a few moments he had heard a soft knock on the door, which he had answered himself. On opening the door he had found Ali's meek lean figure standing with the support of his stick. The postmaster himself handed the letter to him. But at the same time postmaster named Lakshmi Das also came and asked in wonder whether his boss was talking to Ali as he had heard him call the name of Ali. During this time when the postmaster's attention had been diverted, Ali's figurehad disappeared from the door! When Lakshmi Das  told him Ali had died three months ago, the postmaster was bewildered and stupefied. In the evening both the postmaster and Lakshmi Das went to Ali's grave and kept Miriam's letter there. The entire episode filled the postmaster with remorse and self-reproach for failing to understand Ali's pain and anxiety when he was alive. Now he himself was to spend another night of pain and anxiety for his daughter.