What does Rukmani notice about the street orphans in the city that makes them seem just like any other children?

Rukmani, the narrator and the protagonist in the novel "Nectar in the Sieve", noticed that the street orphans just run and play happily just like any other children. Street orphans still run and play despite starving and being alone.

Rukmani noticed it when she and her husband, Nathan, rested at the roadside. They observed the street orphans.

where is the passage at?

the emperor is made to look inferior next to faustus's power.