15 September 20××
10 p.m.
Dear Diary,
After meeting Lakshmi Das and giving him five golden guineas, I am feeling relieved now. I only wish that he will deliver Miriam’s letter at my grave. What a miserable life I have led for the last five years. Being a staunch lover of humanity, I realised that the whole universe is made up of love and the grief of separation is inescapable. After the marriage of my daughter Miriam, I have realized what separation is. I have not got any letter from her for the past five years. I wanted to tell her and show her that I have changed. I have left hunting since the day of her marriage. I wanted to tell her how much I love her. So, I became a routine visitor to the post-office in order to receive news of my own daughter, though I was called names like ‘pest’, ‘mad person’, etc. But I never minded and waited for the letter. The postmen made fun of me. The postmaster scolded me but I still had hope for the letter. A father’s heart will always miss his daughter, even though I was always humiliated by everyone in the post-office. Now, I sense my last days are approaching. I have given five golden guineas to the clerk Lakshmi Das and requested him to put my letter on my grave when it arrives. Ultimately, I have to leave for my heavenly abode believing that the letter will come, though after my death.
May God bless you Miriam.
