40/43 'All police-constables are nut-cuts; but the police-wallahs are the worst. Hai, my son, thou hast never learned all that since thou camest from Belait [Europe]. Who suckled thee ?' 'A pahareen--a hillwoman of Dalhousie, my mother. Keep thy beauty under a shade--O Dispenser of Delights,' and he was gone. They know the land and the customs of the land. |