Mary Knew (english)
That Arun was an average boy, and she knew that boys were humans too; she knew that he was a Brahmin, and she knew that it meant nothing, that being a Brahmin was just a foul trick played by some people on others. She knew all this; she knew and had read it in American novels, that women had to assert their equality.
In Mary's uncle's home she was expected to serve as her younger cousin's maid; if her uncle's wife and Mary's not married aunt served him, how could she do otherwise?