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A conversation
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A CONVERSATION WITH A HOTEL KEEPER
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In
this conversation, a personal inquiry is made about the availability of
accomodations, without previous reservations, in a hotel in Srinagar. The desk
clerk is a Muslim, therefore, the mode of greeting is 
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Hotel Keeper:
Greetings, sir.
Ashok: Greetings, do you have a vacant
room?
Hotel Keeper: Yes, sir, I do.
Ashok: I want a room.
Hotel Keeper: How many days will you stay?
Ashok: Two days.
Hotel Keeper: All right, please write your
name on this register.
Ashok: What is the charge?
Hotel Keeper: Do you want only the room, or
room and board?
Ashok: No, just the room.
Hotel Keeper: The room is twenty rupees.
Ashok: All right, that's fine.
Hotel Keeper: Here is the key.
Ashok: What is the room number?
Hotel Keeper: It is number four. Where is
your luggage?
Ashok: The luggage is in taxi.
Hotel Keeper: You go to your room. The
porter will bring in the luggage.
Ashok: Fine, thank you.
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Chapter
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