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The scientific and literary tastes of this Oriental monarch are also indicated by a noble public library of his own foundation, which contains a priceless collection of books and manuscripts in all the languages of the East. But it is Amber that constitutes the chief attraction of a visit to Jaipur.
Amber is the original metropolis and the ancient seat of government, five miles distant from the present Jaipur, and even now the summer residence of the maharaja, though the old city which once lay around the rocky fortress has become a waste of ruin.
This time his chuckle had an undernote of malice; and Roy, considering him thoughtfully from green turban to patent-leather shoes felt an acute desire to take him by the scruff of his English coat and dust the Jaipur market-place with the remnant of him. Aloud he said coolly: "Thanks for the prescription. Are you stopping here long?" "Oh, I am meteoric visitant. Never very long anywhere.
Brindâban, or Bindarâban, which is a very short distance further by rail, possesses an old Hindu temple, dedicated to Govind Deva, or Vishnu, of the same period as the other at Govardhan, and built by the same person, Rajah Man Singh of Amber, an ancestor of the present Maharajah of Jaipur. Fergusson describes it as one of the most interesting and elegant temples in India.
Here, however, it was thrust upon his attention; nor had he failed to notice that Lance never mentioned the Jaipur cousins except when they were alone: whether by chance or design, he did not choose to ask. And if either of the other fellows had noticed his mother's photograph, or felt a glimmer of curiosity, no word had been said. After all, what concern was it of these chance-met folk?
We would willingly have spent hours examining the pottery and brass work for which Jaipur is famous, or in making friends with the denizens of the great aviary in the garden, but time is short, and even the baby panther could only claim a few minutes of our devotion.
"Through the pink-stuccoed streets of Jaipur we threaded our way slowly, on account of the holy pigeons breakfasting in thousands on the road, and the sacred bulls, who barely deigned to move aside to let us pass." "It appears to be the custom, when a man dies, for his relatives to let loose a bull in memoriam, and the happy beast forthwith sets out to live a life of sloth and luxury.
The puzzle of these increasing race complications ! The tragedy and the pity of it...! Lance travelled North that night with a mind at ease. Roy had assured him that the moment his ankle permitted he would leave Jaipur and 'give the bee in his bonnet an airing' elsewhere. That assurance proved easier to give than to act upon, when the moment came.
The brilliant shifting crowd of two hours ago seemed to have sunk into the earth. For there is no night life in the streets of Jaipur. Travellers had passed on and out. Merchants had stowed away their muslins and embroideries, their vessels of brass and copper and priceless enamels.
"You shall. But you must be discreet. Jaipur isn't exactly Oxford. Brother and cousin are almost the same word with them; but still " "Is she at the hospital now?" Roy cut in irrelevantly. Her insistence on discretion with Arúna, of all people struck him as needless fussing and unlike Thea. And by now he was feeling more impatient to see Arúna than to see Jaipur. "No.
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