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The Cousin
The bearded man, bald but with a full white beard, is the 69-year-old former disciple of a genius carver of religious statues, whom he claims adopted him at age 5 after he was orphaned. Though he makes his living selling hair dye, he longs to finish his dead master’s final project: a statue of the goddess Gayatri to be installed in a particular niche in his dead master’s workplace and shrine. After he has completed this project, he feels that he can die. He approaches Jagan, brings him to the shrine, and tries to convince him to buy the property and fund the statue-carving. As the novel ends, Jagan has decided to move to the shrine and pursue the bearded man’s plan.
The Bearded Man Quotes in The Vendor of Sweets
The The Vendor of Sweets quotes below are all either spoken by The Bearded Man or refer to The Bearded Man . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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“Do you make your images there?”
At this, the man burst into a big laugh and said, “Did I not tell you what I do now? I make hair dyes. I can make the whitest hair look black.”
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Chapter 8
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He went on talking and Jagan listened agape as if a new world had flashed into view. He suddenly realized how narrow his whole existence had been—between the Lawley Statue and the frying shop[.]
“It would be the most accredited procedure according to our scriptures—husband and wife must vanish into the forest at some stage in their lives, leaving the affairs of the world to younger people.”
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The Bearded Man Quotes in The Vendor of Sweets
The The Vendor of Sweets quotes below are all either spoken by The Bearded Man or refer to The Bearded Man . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 7
Quotes
“Do you make your images there?”
At this, the man burst into a big laugh and said, “Did I not tell you what I do now? I make hair dyes. I can make the whitest hair look black.”
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 8
Quotes
He went on talking and Jagan listened agape as if a new world had flashed into view. He suddenly realized how narrow his whole existence had been—between the Lawley Statue and the frying shop[.]
“It would be the most accredited procedure according to our scriptures—husband and wife must vanish into the forest at some stage in their lives, leaving the affairs of the world to younger people.”
