[Following the Equator Part 6 by Mark Twain]@TWC D-Link bookFollowing the Equator Part 6 CHAPTER LIII 10/21
I think he would receive Rev.Mr.Parker at any time.
I think he is sorry for Mr.Parker, and I think Mr.Parker is sorry for him; and no doubt this compassion is good for both of them. When we arrived we had to stand around in the garden a little while and wait, and the outlook was not good, for he had been turning away Maharajas that day and receiving only the riff-raff, and we belonged in between, somewhere.
But presently, a servant came out saying it was all right, he was coming. And sure enough, he came, and I saw him--that object of the worship of millions.
It was a strange sensation, and thrilling.
I wish I could feel it stream through my veins again.
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