hooghly's

Updated: May 7, 2025

Such, at least, was the superficial man. Now upon the morning of the day that found the steamship Poonah nuzzling up the Hooghly's dirty yellow flood, Mr. Labertouche's clerk arrived at the Dhurrumtollah Street office at the usual hour; which, in the absence of his employer, was generally between eleven o'clock and noon.

Louis Joseph Vance - The Bronze Bell