“It is possible,” I said, lifting her chin upwards and smiling, “that I may have to go. But if I do, it will be in the Lord’s timing. I am learning to accept that. Can you believe me?” The maid was silent. Then at last she spoke, “What a wonderful way to live, Begum Sahib.” “It is indeed. It is the only way. Nothing, any longer, is in my own control.”
