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rotated both his thumbs.
And when they were installed in a hotel within a few feet of the ancient location of the Tyburn tree, Changez said to his son: "Take. This belongs to you." And held out, at arm's length, a black billfold about whose identity there could be no mistake. "You are a man now. Take."
The return of the confiscated wallet, complete with all its currency, proved to be one of Changez Chamchawala's little traps. Whenever his father wanted to punish him, he would offer him a present, a bar of imported chocolate or a tin of Kraft cheese, and would then grab him when he came to get it. "Donkey," Changez scorned his infant son. "Always, always, the carrot leads you to my stick."
Salahuddin in London took the proffered wallet, accepting the gift of manhood; whereupon his father said: "Now that you are a man, it is for you to look after your old father while we are in London town. You pay all the bills."
January, 1961. A year you could turn upside down and it would still, unlike your watch, tell the same time. It was winter; but when Salahuddin
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