Shri Nathji is very eager to celebrate Priya Nath’s birthday on the 7th of October 1987, despite Priya Nath’s reluctance, and he urges Priya Nath to make the arrangements. Priya Nath is worried about the strain that the function might cause Shri Nathji, the more so in view of the irregular pulse he had been noticing, as also Shri Nathji’s stomach condition.