Do you think the characters in the story were speaking to each other in English?

Do you think the characters in the story were speaking to each other in English?

Q. Do you think the characters in the story were speaking to each other in English?

 If not, in aking? (You can get clues from the names of the persons and the nonEnglish words used in the story.)
Answer: Characters in the story were not speaking to each other in English. The story is set in a village. English is not spoken in villages. Even in cities, English is not the language of daily conversation. It is spoken only in offices, etc. The characters in this story speak in Hindi. This is clear from the names of people and other Hindi words, for example, Numberdar, sahib, Tehsildar, pitaji, etc.