:57:40
My mother sat in the classroom
for hours that day.
:57:43
The door was open,
and the mayor saw her there.
:57:47
He understood what it meant.
:57:50
Once he knew,
the news got around the village quickly.
:57:54
Back then, arranged marriages
were the norm.
:57:59
Mother was the first in the village
to express her love freely.
:58:12
On the day my father promised to return...
:58:15
...my mother started waiting at dawn.
:58:18
She remembered his promise...
:58:21
...that he would return on the 27th...
:58:23
...before the school holiday began
on the 28th.
:58:26
He had to be back before that.