The blue ticks enlarged themselves, became huge, covering the whole room, then with a mild explosion, disintegrated into minuscule particles; some disappeared, some hung in the air, some resided in her eyes..the permanent irritants. She fluttered her eyelids to settle them down and found standing in front of her, the landlady's daughter-in-law, minus her sweet smile. "You got us so worried.", She said softly and a tear dropped out of her eyes. "Do you want anything from your room?" "Any news on the tiffinwalah, Bhabhi?" "Who asks about a tiffinwalah in this state?" The daughter-in-law's sad eyes toyed mischievously with