That is another of the inscrutable freaks of Indian fashion.

The hours for calling are from about half past twelve to half past two, just in the hottest hours.

I don't pretend to account for it." "How many ladies are there in the regiment ?" "There is the Colonel's wife, Mrs.Cromarty.She has two grown up red headed girls," replied the Doctor.

"She is a distant relation--a second cousin--of some Scotch lord or other, and, on the strength of that and her husband's colonelcy, gives herself prodigious airs.

Three of the captains are married.