Leila receives love letters from Karim. In Afghani culture that is forbidden, so Leila is at a loss of what to do. She wants to be with Karim only because it would offer an escape from living in the situation that she currently lives in; Sultan's house as a hard working woman who receives little credit for her work. Karim tries to meet her and propose to her, but these attempts are unsuccessful largely because he is unrelated to Leila. Leila tries to get a teaching job, but fails in the process. The vast majority of the people in Sultan's house leave because they are tired of living under his rule.
The section was written by first explaining how Leila wanted to escape Sultan's house. Then her opportunity to escape by marrying Karim was described. Then her own and Karim's attempts to marry were described. Then the fact that the idea would be a failure was lastly described. Then came the Epilogue, in which the story was wrapped up in just a few pages with the author saying what happened to the Khan family shortly after the events that took place in the last chapter, including the departure of many people from Sultan's house.
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