Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches. "May I come in, sir?" A boy standing at the door said to me. Then without waiting for my reply the boy entered the room and said, "Sir, I have come from Palashpur with a letter from Mr. Ajit Bose." "Ajit Bose! How is he?" I said smilingly. "He is not well. He, has been suffering from serious illness for two years," the boy said. "How sad it is! May God cure him".