The officer was rude to Ammu and prodded her breasts. After the funeral, Estha and Rahel went with Ammu to the police station, where Ammu told the officer that there had been a terrible mistake. Rahel also heard Sophie's screams when they buried her-alive, according to Rahel. Rahel saw Sophie Mol do a 'secret cartwheel in her coffin' when this happened. Rahel imagined the artist who painted it falling from his perch and cracking his head open, 'dark blood spilling from his skull like a secret.' The second thing was a baby bat that crawled up Baby Kochamma's sari and may have bit her. The first was the unusual paintwork on the ceiling of the cathedral it showed a blue sky complete with clouds and tiny airplanes. Rahel was unusually aware of the 'small things' going on during the funeral she believed that that Sophie Mol was awake during the funeral and showed Rahel two things. Ammu, Rahel, and Estha had to stand separately from the rest of the family, and no one acknowledged their presence. Among those in attendance were Sophie's parents, Margaret Kochamma and Chacko, Baby Kochamma, and Rahel's and Estha's blind grandmother, Mamachi. Rahel and Estha were seven years old at the time. Sophie drowned at the age of nine while visiting Ayemenem from England. The narrative turns to the funeral of Sophie Mol, Rahel's and Estha's cousin. Later on, their parents divorced and Ammu returned to live in Ayemenem. As young children they lived in the famous tea province of Assam. But as 31-year-old adults, the twins have become individual emotionally as well as physically.

Roy tells us that 'they were a rare breed of Siamese twins, physically separate, but with joint identities.' Rahel used to share experiences, dreams, and memories with Estha. As children they considered themselves to be one person. Rahel and Estha have a peculiar relationship. Still living in the same house is her grandaunt, Baby Kochamma. We encounter Rahel, who returns home to Ayemenem to see her twin brother, Estha. The setting is almost unbearably abundant and full of life. The scene opens on the town of Ayemenem in the southern Indian province of Kerala.

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