:16:08
My mother sat in the classroom
for hours that day.
:16:11
The door was open,
and the mayor saw her there.
:16:14
He understood what it meant.
:16:18
Once he knew,
the news got around the village quickly.
:16:22
Back then, arranged marriages
were the norm.
:16:27
Mother was the first in the village
to express her love freely.
:16:40
On the day my father promised to return...
:16:43
...my mother started waiting at dawn.
:16:46
She remembered his promise...
:16:48
...that he would return on the 27th...
:16:51
...before the school holiday began
on the 28th.
:16:54
He had to be back before that.