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Though Mister Salgado tirelessly discusses the sea, and Triton spends many months in the oceanside bungalow, Triton only ventures into the coral reef once. He describes "Mister Salgado's real reef" in rich detail, conjuring an overwhelming,...
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And on Thursday the haberdasher appeared with a cardboard trunk on his head. There was no point in his coming to our house — he sold only to women and the only woman in our house was \Mcy-amma who never even looked at what he had to...
In Part II, Triton comes to appreciate the role that Nili plays in not only Mr. Salgado's life, but his own as well. Her gift is generous and unexpected, though the one-hundred rupee note the cookbook contained was a complete and total shock. Nili...
