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Jung Bahadoor, no doubt, now wishes that more of the Durbar had made the same trip, and profited by it in like manner, since the custom above alluded to must be highly inconvenient to him, more particularly since he has eight brothers, most of whom cast a longing eye towards the premiership; a man's chance of filling this office not depending upon his power "to form a ministry," so much as upon his accuracy in taking aim and his skill in seizing any opportunity offered by his rival of showing his dexterity in a manner more personal than pleasant.
It is said that the minister resisted all the representations of his friends as to the propriety of executing the conspirators, by the argument of "What would the 'Times' say?" which must have appeared to the majority of the members of the Nepaul Durbar to be a very extraordinary reason for leniency.
I know of only one distinguished exception, and he lives a thousand miles from here, in Bengal. 'No, not landscape, returned Mr. Kauffer; 'but that Indian nobleman will buy his portrait. We send our own man photographic artist to his State, and he photograph the Chief and his arab, the Chief and his Prime Minister, the Chief in his durbar, palace, gardens, stables everything.
So they all went, and the Maharajah, rising from his ivory chair, received them with much state and ceremony. He frowned when he saw Sunni, but said nothing. His Highness felt that he was not in a position to resent anything, and thought bitterly of Petroff Gortschakin. The durbar proceeded. Formally, and according to strict precedence, each man spoke.
The officers and punchayets of the troops, regular and irregular, to the number of a couple of thousand, crowded to the Durbar and demanded the reason; the Ranee tried to soothe them, saying, that the fortunate hour being passed, the march could not be undertaken till the astrologers found another.
A Lucknow Derby-day Sights of the city Grand Trunk Road to Delhi Delhi The Coutub Agra The fort and Taj The ruins of Futtehpore Secreh A loquacious cicerone A visit to the fort of Gwalior The Mahratta Durbar Tiger-shooting on foot.
He gathered up the rest of his dinner and carefully wrapped it up to carry away and bury somewhere; and then he sent back the empty plates. How furious the king was when, at the next morning's durbar, Nur Mahomed appeared before him fresh, alert, and smiling as usual.
In the course of his stay at Tanjore, other matters of business occurred between the Company and the Rajah, which came under his management as resident at that durbar.
Attempts at negotiation were then made, which ultimately proved futile, and after the usual amount of delay, specious professions, and deceit common to native Courts generally had been practised by the Nepaul Durbar with a view to gain time, open hostilities broke out with redoubled vigour on both sides.
They were, many of them together, near the marquee that had been erected on a stretch of sward as a temple of refreshment and that happened to have the property which was all to the good of making Milly think of a "durbar"; her iced coffee had been a consequence of this connection, in which, further, the bright company scattered about fell thoroughly into place.
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