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"Some years later," continued Muttajji, "I got
married. The law was that a girl should be at least
15 before she was married, and my father would
never break the law, so I must have been 16 then.
Very soon after my marriage, your Muttajja got a
job in Bombay, and we left Mysore."
"Did anything important happen the year you got
married, Muttajji?" asked Putta.
"Yes," said Muttajji sadly. "Our Maharaja
inaugurated our big dam, and the beautiful gardens
next to it, during the Dasara festival that year. But I
missed it; I was in Bombay. "
"A big dam?" Putta sat up. "Is it still there?"
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