But the back of the house is unguarded, and even in this soft air men think themselves to be men, and women we know ...

The child's father is away too, and I must be chowkedar [watchman] in my old age.

Up! Up! Take up the palanquin.

Let the hakim and the young priest settle between them whether charms or medicine most avail.

Ho! worthless people, fetch tobacco for the guests, and--round the homestead go I!' The palanquin reeled off, followed by straggling torches and a horde of dogs.