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Afterwards, all in a rush, came my inspiration. Some sort of secretarial work for me would sound fairly plausible. It struck me as flawless till I imparted it to Vinx and saw him tweak his left eyebrow. Of course he was convinced it 'wouldn't do'; Sir Lakshman ... my position ... and so on. I said I proposed to make it do and the eyebrow twitched worse than ever.
Happily for Sir Lakshman, his unusual gifts had gained him wide recognition and high service in the State. He had schooled himself, long since, to forget his early dreams: and if marriage had failed, fatherhood had made royal amends.
Miss Hammond was upstairs attending to Arúna; and Sir Lakshman joined them without ceremony, leaving Dyán alone with Roy, who was nursing his ankle in an arm-chair near the drawing-room fire. In ten minutes of intimate talk he heard the essential facts, with reservations; and Roy had never felt more closely akin to him than on that evening. Rajput chivalry is no mere tradition.
Nassik borrowed its name from the Sanskrit word "Nasika," which means nose. An epic legend assures us that on this very spot Lakshman, the eldest brother of the deified King Rama, cut off the nose of the giantess Sarpnaka, sister of Ravana, who stole Sita, the "Helen of Troy" of the Hindus.
Such was my hope in sending him to Oxford. And now see the result ..." On that topic he could not yet trust himself; and Roy, leaning forward impulsively, laid a hand on his knee. "Grandfather, I have promised Arúna and I promise you that somehow, I will get hold of him; and bring him back to his senses." Sir Lakshman covered the hand with his own. "True son of Lilámani!
Roy, left standing alone in the leisurely crowd of men and animals at once so alien and so familiar returned to Bishun Singh and Suráj in a vaguely troubled frame of mind. "Which way to the house of Sir Lakshman Singh?" he asked the maker of chirághs, his foot in the stirrup.
Sir Lakshman had neither moved nor spoken throughout. Now their eyes met in a look of deep understanding. "I am very proud you told me, Roy. It is not easy." "No. I've not told any one else. I couldn't. But just now something seemed to draw it all out of me. I suppose something in you " "Or perhaps herself! It almost seemed she was here with us, while you talked." "Perhaps she is here still."
Accept what is freely given, Roy. Do not be tempted to try and snatch more." "No no. I wouldn't if I could." A pause. "You believe it is time ... what I feel? That she is often very near me?" Sir Lakshman gravely inclined his head. "As I believe in Brahma, Lord of all." And for both the silence that fell seemed pulsating with her unseen presence.... When they spoke again it was of mundane things.
At sacred feasts they do most of their devil's work. Did you speak of connection with me?" "No. But he seemed to know about Arúna: said you were English mad." Sir Lakshman frowned. "English mad! That is their jargon.
We of the new school adhere patriotically to social and religious ordinances of the Mother. All we agitate for is political independence." He unfurled the polysyllables, like a flag; sublimely unaware of having stated a contradiction in terms. "But your Sir Lakshman is of the old-fashioned school English-mad." "And your particular friends are sane, eh?"
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