They are much more convenient for getting about in, and you will not be stared at in the streets; as you would be if you went about in native costume.

However, you can wear your own turban, if you like." Abdool willingly consented to this proposal.

A tailor was consulted, and suggested loosely-cut trousers and a short jacket, similar to that now worn by the French zouaves, and differing but little from that of the Indian cavalry.

In this, with the addition of a long and warmly-lined cloak, Abdool professed his readiness to encounter any degree of cold.
As soon as his own clothes had arrived, Harry went to Leadenhall Street and, sending in his card, was shown into a large room, where two or three of the governors of the Company were seated, considering the reports that had been brought from India in the ship in which Harry had arrived.
"Your name is familiar to us, Major Lindsay," the gentleman at the head of the table said cordially.

"You have been mentioned in numerous despatches, and always in terms of the highest commendation.