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Updated: June 9, 2025
The fisherman was grinning delightedly at his own cleverness. Our two chuprassis, Autolycus, and a syce stood round with the children, all waiting for my approval. "They're rather nice, aren't they?" I stammered feebly. "Oh sweet!" said Hilda rapturously. "Sweet!" I echoed. "But aren't they big ones?" "Big!" cried Kittiwake.
As soon as they were seated one of the stately chuprassis brought coffee, while another proffered cigars and cigarettes and held a light from a silver spirit-lamp. Then both the solemn servitors departed noiselessly on bare feet. After some conversation Mrs. Norton said to the adjutant: "Do you remember, Mr. Raymond, that you have promised to take me out shooting one day?"
The groom, instead of sitting behind, ran behind; and as the pony was fresh he had to run pretty fast. There were two roads a pukka or made road, and a cutcha road, on which the natives walked and drove their ekkas. Autolycus and the chuprassis were waiting at the station, and put me into a carriage.
So he explained to Labanya that he had been out purchasing rose-water. No sooner had he uttered the words than half-a-dozen chuprassis wearing the Collectorate badge made their appearance, and after salaaming Nabendu, stood there grinning. "Have they come to arrest you because you subscribed to the Congress fund?" whispered Labanya with a smile.
I had a dreadful cold, and was sniffy and inclined to be cross; so when Boggley suggested we should dine in the waiting-room while Autolycus and the chuprassis went on with the luggage to acquaint the dak-bungalow people of our arrival, I upbraided him for not making proper arrangements, and reviled the meagre repast, and was altogether very unpleasant.
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