This story was first published in Chhayapoth (Bengali: ছায়াপথ), the Puja annual of Sarat Sahityo Bhaban, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, in 1948.

The four close friends, Shibu, Gaur, Shishir and Sudhir, the author, who were boarders of the shared apartment at no.

72 Banamali Naskar Lane, were getting prepared to leave for the football stadium, keeping a keen watch on the time.

You won't need asking the time repeatedly then.” Here entered GhanaDa, with a warning that clocks should not be accepted without a proper check.

"না, মনে থাকবে না কেন, খুব মনে আছে I সেগুলো রেখেছিলাম ১২৫ ডিগ্রী দ্রাঘিমা যেখানে ৩৫ ডিগ্রী অক্ষ্যাংশকে কেটে বেরিয়ে গেছে ঠিক সেইখানেই, তবে সেগুলো এখন অচল" [2] GhanaDa reminded of a massive Tsunami and cyclone occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 17 September 1937.

All of a sudden he received two telegrams from Neville and Frank on the same day, requesting him to undertake a secret service mission and to meet the sender at the earliest.