61/66 He can't do much harm in three days.' 'It's a weight off my mind, but--this thing here ?'--he waved the note of hand--'I don't know Gobind Sahai: or his bank, which may be a hole in a wall.' 'You've never been a subaltern in debt. I'll cash it if you like, and send you the vouchers in proper order.' 'But with all your own work too! It's askin'-- ' 'It's not the least trouble indeed. You see, as an ethnologist, the thing's very interesting to me. I'd like to make a note of it for some Government work that I'm doing. The transformation of a regimental badge like your Red Bull into a sort of fetish that the boy follows is very interesting.' 'But I can't thank you enough.' 'There's one thing you can do. |