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Susila is the third woman character she appears in the closing chapters of the novel. She lives at Talapur. Her father is a leading lawyer of the town. She is beautiful and full of tender feelings. She can play upon veena. A marriage proposal is received by Chandran's parents from Susila's parents. Chandran agrees to consider this proposal under hard persuasion of his parents and his friend, Mohan. He and his mother come to see the girl. Finally, Chandran and Susila are married. There exists love between the two. When she goes to her parents house, she writes regular letters to him and addresses him as "My Darling". Chandran feels elated at being so addressed by her. When he does not receive her letter for the last six days, he fears that she may be ill. He decides to leave for Talapur in order to see her personally.
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This incident shows the depth of mutual feelings of attachment that each has for the other. Chandran's matrimonial alliance with Susila marks his redemption from the last vestiges of memories of the unreal world of Malathi's love-affair. Conclusively, the Indian traditional view of love in marrige rather than preceding it also gets asserted keeping in consideration the whole plot of the novel.