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The Pool in the Desert

CHAPTER 2
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CHAPTER 2.IV.
The very next morning I met Armour on my way to the office.

He was ambling along on the leanest and most ill-groomed of bazaar ponies, and he wore a bowler.

In Simla sun hats are admissible, straw hats are presentable, and soft felt hats are superior, but you must not wear a bowler.

I might almost say that if one's glance falls upon a bowler, one hardly looks further; the expectation of finding an acquaintance under it is so vain.

In this instance, I did look further, fortunately, though in doing so I was compelled to notice that the bowler was not lifted in answer to my salutation.


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