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Articles: Philosophy | The God of all things!
- Mr. Kareemullah Mohammed
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Inside the building, Henry turned to his new enthusiastic guests. 'Welcome to The Round House,' he said. 'I shall take you to your rooms in a moment. But first, I must ask you to surrender all jewelry items.'
Everyone stared at Henry.
'Don’t worry, they will be returned to you after your stay,' he said reassuringly.
He looked at the several expensive rings that Richard wore on his fingers. Richard took them off and handed them over to Henry. Marie was next. She gave Henry her diamond rings, bracelet and necklace.
Martha then spoke, a little concerned. 'I just have this simple necklace,' she said.
Henry regarded her simple necklace and nodded. 'That too,' he said. 'Especially that. Your necklace has a cross on it. Nothing religious of any kind is allowed over here.'
Martha removed her necklace.
'You’ll get it back,' said Henry taking it from her.
'But I can’t give you my necklace,' said Mrs. Patil defiantly. 'Mine has an amulet on it which protects me from
danger and harm. It was given to me by my grandfather and I will not surrender it under any circumstances!'
Henry looked at Mrs. Patil scornfully. 'We have a policy here, ma’am,' he told her. We do not at all tolerate superstitious beliefs of any kind. They are most unscientific and utterly baseless. If you feel you can’t give up your amulet, you will have to leave this island immediately and go back home.'
'But she came with me!' cried Amy.
'I know,' said Henry. 'But your companion is not cooperating
with us. She will have to go. And you will have to go as well. I’m sorry.'
Mrs. Patil didn’t want to be fired. She needed the money and couldn’t afford to lose her job. So she blurted out,
'Alright! I’ll take it off!'.
Richard watched as Mrs. Patil reluctantly placed her precious amulet and necklace upon Henry’s palm.
'I’m glad I came to this retreat,' he thought. 'I do not
regret my decision one bit!' Mrs. Rekha Patil was very upset.
'That man has absolutely no respect for other people’s feelings!' She declared with much antagonism. 'This is a most horrible place!'
Amy felt a little sorry for her. 'Don’t worry, Mrs. Patil,'
she said. 'You’ll get your chain back. After just ten days.'
Martha nodded. 'It made me sad when they took away my necklace with my cross too,' she admitted. 'This room of ours isn’t exactly comfortable to live in either.' She gazed around the apartment that had been assigned to the women with an air of resignation.
'But we had been warned beforehand about that,' said Marie. 'We agreed to the terms and conditions before we came here, remember?'
'So we did,' said Martha. 'So we did. There’s no point in complaining now.'
Mrs. Patil was in tears. 'I don’t mind sleeping on the floor or eating simple food,' she sniffed. 'I don’t mind the discomfort. I was told about that before I came here. But what bothers me is that they took away my necklace! My amulet! My grandfather had given it to me when I was a little girl of ten and I have never ever taken it off till now!'
'What’s an amulet?' asked Amy not having a clue what it was.
'It’s an ornament worn as a charm against evils,' Mrs. Patil explained with a sob. 'All my life I’ve worn it and it has rotected me from all kinds of harm.'
'Oh,' said Amy thoughtfully. 'Henry was saying that this
amulet thing was unscientific.'
'Unscientific!' exclaimed Mrs. Patil. 'I don’t know about all that! There are some things in life that science can’t explain. Faith, for example. I have great faith in my amulet.'
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