THE woman’s eyes stared at him in surprise. She really could not believe the changes that had taken place in the man before her. The cheeks of the man, Sutan Sjahrir, who she still regarded as family, looked full. His body was bloated. What could possibly have happened? Was someone else sending him food, now that she could no longer do so? Could the prison food cause Sjahrir to be infected with beri-beri?

Sjahrir, who was the source of her sho