Well, my dear Miss Hannay, Indian society has this peculiarity, that the women never grow old.

At least," he continued, in reply to the girl's look of surprise, "they are never conscious of growing old.

At home a woman's family grows up about her, and are constant reminders that she is becoming a matron.

Here the children are sent away when they get four or five years old, and do not appear on the scene again until they are grown up.

Then, too, ladies are greatly in the minority, and they are accustomed to be made vastly more of than they are at home, and the consequence is that the amount of envy, hatred, jealousy, and all uncharitableness is appalling." "No, no, Doctor, not as bad as that," the Major remonstrated.
"Every bit as bad as that," the Doctor said stoutly.