If you have not been in England before you may find it awkward travelling alone." "We are very much indebted to you for your thoughtfulness," Ram Singh answered; "but we will not take advantage of your kind offer.

Since Nature has driven us here we intend to have a look about us before we leave." "As you like," the captain said, shrugging his shoulders.

"I don't think you are likely to find very much to interest you in this hole of a place." "Very possibly not," Ram Singh answered with an amused smile.

"You remember Milton's lines: 'The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a hell of Heaven, a heaven of Hell.' I dare say we can spend a few days here comfortably enough.

Indeed, I think you must be wrong in considering this to be a barbarous locality.
I am much mistaken if this young gentleman's father is not Mr.James Hunter West, whose name is known and honoured by the pundits of India." "My father is, indeed, a well-known Sanscrit scholar," I answered in astonishment.
"The presence of such a man," observed the stranger slowly, "changes a wilderness into a city.