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The postmaster believes that he saw Ali. What do you think? Discuss with your partner and present your views in front of the class.

The postmaster believed that Ali was a madman because he came to the post office daily to wait for his daughter's letter and repeat this routine for five years. He was astonished one day to find that Ali's daughter had indeed sent him a letter. He waited patiently for Ali to arrive so that he could deliver his letter himself. When Ali arrived he realized that it had been Ali's ghost. It must have been a figment of the postmaster's imagination arising from his guilty conscience and his regret of his earlier insensitivity to Ali's suffering.


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