Of course, if he thinks any other way will be better, we shall go by that." "Are we going to travel as we are, Mother, or in native dress ?" "That is a point that I have been thinking over, Dick.

I will wait, and ask my brother which he thinks will be the best.

When out there I always dressed as a native, and never put on English clothes, except at Madras.

I used to come down here two or three times every year, with my mother, and generally stayed for a fortnight or three weeks.
During that time, we always dressed in English fashion, as by so doing we could live at the hotel, and take our meals at public tables without exciting comment.

My mother knew several families here, and liked getting back to English ways, occasionally.
"Of course, I shall dress in Indian fashion while I stay at my brother's, so it is only the question of how we shall journey there, and I think I should prefer going as we are.