The first section under the title of sorry was really fascinating to me. The imagery used, the content of the paragraph, and its relation to the entire story is very interesting to consider. I have only a limited amount of information about the text but from what is given, I am assuming that the man with the knife had stabbed Sakina and this grave injury is what has left the doctor tense in the last sections of the story. It may be that the realization that the father who had just been reunited with his child only to have the wounds of sorrow opened anew is what gives the doctor a “cold sweat.” The interesting aspect about the first paragraph is its play at humor, dark humor, in which after slicing the belly, he slices off the string holding what I assume to be his own pyjamas and has an exaggerated regret at its falling. Whether it was on him when he sliced the belly of the other person or it was on the other person, I think, will help reinforce or disprove the interpretation I’ve taken.

