I have been accustomed to work, and can take much off your hands; and will look after your two children;" for two boys, three or four years old, were standing before her, staring at the newcomer.
"That will be pleasant, Soyera; indeed, sometimes they hinder me much in my work." "I am accustomed to children, Anundee, as I was for years nurse to English children, and know their ways." "Well, now let us to dinner," Ramdass broke in.

"I am hungry, and want to be off again.

There is much to do in the fields." The woman took a pot off the embers of a wood fire, and poured its contents into a dish.

The meal consisted of a species of pulse boiled with ghee, with peppers and other condiments added.
"And how did you like being among the English, Soyera ?" "I liked it very well," the woman said.

"They are very kind and considerate to nurses and, although they get angry when the gorrawallah or other men neglect their duty, they do not punish them as a Mahratta master would do.