“What about other boys?” Ranga asked. “In theory they are even more out of bounds than girls. In practice…Well, you can guess what happens when five or six hundred male adolescents are cooped up together in a boarding school. Does that sort of thing ever go on here?” “Of course.” “I’m surprised.” “Surprised? Why?” “Seeing that girls aren’t out of bounds.” “But one kind of love doesn’t exclude the other.” “And both are legitimate?” “Naturally.” “So that nobody would have minded if Murugan had been interested in another pajama boy?” “Not if it was a good sort of relationship.”