The Price of a Loan
- After Lakshmi's stepfather has been gone for more than a week, she wonders whether he's run away, even though he said he was going to get a loan from his brother.
- Ama has been gone all day, and when Lakshmi sees her climb the mountain to their hut, she notices that both Ama's earrings and the "proud set of her head" are missing (27.ThePriceofaLoan.6).