In “the cabuliwallah,” what change in mini’s response to the cabuliwallah most clearly shows that she has grown up? a. she treats the cabuliwallah with disdain. b. she understands the double meaning of “father-in-law’s house” and blushes. c. she does not want to meet the cabuliwallah again. d. she no longer wants to hear the elephant joke.

- the heat nearly killed them that first summer.

answer :

the following two parts of the given excerpt from "beowulf" denote the importance of kinship and lineage :

1. hither to come; of (kinsmen's approval,

  word-leave of warriors), i ween that ye surely

2. (nothing have known. never a greater one

    of earls o’er the earth have i had a sight of)

margaret paston and william paston got married in 1441. as william had to attend business, margaret was in charge of administrating her husband's properties and they communicated each other by letters. they had 7 children.   margery paston, one of those children, had a secret romance with richard calle, the family's bookkeeper and the pastons rejected them, as they tend to get marriage arranged for their children. margery and richard ended up getting married for love, but in secret by the church bishop.