Rumours fly about a murder in the Park and the residents make plans for better security. To the local gossip's disquiet Mr Anorkar marries his cook and a lonely colonel is thought to be up to no good. From Pesi digging a well to the presumed affair of the piano teacher: Julia a middleaged widow is an interested observer of all the goings on. Jane Bhandari often finds ideas for her stories in newspaper headlines but Julia herself has echoes of a greataunt who lived happily ever after when her gambler husband passed away....The buffalo herd though is pure Pune.