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- As Lakshmi cleans her face, the dark-skinned girl enters the room—Lakshmi says that she's going home, that the whole thing was a mistake.
- Mumtaz arrives at Lakshmi's room, and Lakshmi says she's going to go home. Mumtaz laughs and asks Lakshmi how she will get there, if she has money, if she speaks the language.
- As Lakshmi tries to hold herself together, Mumtaz explains to her that she bought Lakshmi for ten thousand rupees and that Lakshmi will take men to her room and do what they want to pay off her debt.
- When Lakshmi tries to protest using Auntie Bimla's words, Mumtaz says that Auntie Bimla works for her.
- Shahanna, the dark-skinned girl, gives Mumtaz scissors, and Mumtaz cuts Lakshmi's hair.
- Once Lakshmi sees her reflection in the mirror, she sees a disgraced woman. Mumtaz assures her that if anyone sees her with a shaved head, they will bring her right back to the Happiness House.
- When Mumtaz and Shahanna leave the room, Lakshmi gives in to her anger, but she doesn't cry.