Look for these expressions in the story and guess the meaning from the context

brusquely	attuned himself
queer rhythmic frenzy	wrenching
flush of prosperity	daze of bewilderment
wide-eyed wonder and eager homage
talking animatedly	tremulous deliberation
on terms of a perpetual feud

 

Brusquely: It is an adverb which means blunt, rough or in an abrupt manner.

Queer rhythmic frenzy: Queer means a strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular.

flush of prosperity: Flush means a sudden abundance or spate of something. Thus, flush of prosperity here refers to gaining a lot of wealth and riches, suddenly.

wide- eyes wonder and eager homage: This phrase here examplifies the expression of wonder, awe, reverance and amazement which Srinath had on seeing Satyajit's wealth.

talking animatedly: This denotes an enthusiastic and excited way of talking. Everybody at Srinath's household, referred to as 'devotees' here, talk with vigour and high spirit on seeing the arrival of Satyajit.

on terms of a perpetual feud: This phrase means a matter of constant or long lasting feud or quarrel.

attuned himself: Attune means to become used to or get accustomed to. Thus, here, Satyajit is seen to have attuned himself to a list which enlisted things he thought to deny to. He wanted to quit a few habits like smoking. This he was attuning to.

Wrenching: Wrenching is the sprain or the twisting pain within a person. The only reason Satyajit was on the train was to avoid the wrench within him, to get away from the unbearable pain.

daze of bewilderment: Satyajit seemed perplexed and completely in a daze when a small girl came up to him to hang a garland round his neck. His bafflement is described here.

tremulous deliberation: Satyajit's shaky afterthought or a trembling consideration at the end of the story is revealed when he says: 'What now.'