. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . his tail—thats it!—and here you are ! Very nice of you to Vinnie! And youre just in time fortea! I04 VERNONS AUNT CHAPTER V I ASK you to believe me when I tell you that,I as far as the eye could see, there was not asingle human habitation in Nuddiwalla—Idont call tents human habitations. In onedirection stretched a wide river bed, all stonesand grass, and hills beyond. In the otherthree, forest and nothing else. The road Ihad come by ran out of the forest throughthis cleared space, and into it again, andbeside
. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . his tail—thats it!—and here you are ! Very nice of you to Vinnie! And youre just in time fortea! I04 VERNONS AUNT CHAPTER V I ASK you to believe me when I tell you that,I as far as the eye could see, there was not asingle human habitation in Nuddiwalla—Idont call tents human habitations. In onedirection stretched a wide river bed, all stonesand grass, and hills beyond. In the otherthree, forest and nothing else. The road Ihad come by ran out of the forest throughthis cleared space, and into it again, andbeside it, in one place a tangle of plantainsgrew amongst what looked like three or fourpiles of dead leaves, which I afterwards foundto be huts. At a glance you could see thatNuddiwalla was not a social centre of any\ importance, and from the moment of myarrival I regretted getting my new^ black the • time I should be back in Little- AUNT hamj)ton it would be completely out of date,and not even a black silk will cut to any ereat advantage twice. ?N. \,^- HE LIFTED THE FLAP. My nephew was indubitably there, how-ever—that was the great point ; and what-ever my opinion of his choice of a place ofresidence might be, I looked with the most io6 VERNONS AUNT appreciative gratitude at the mole on hisforehead. As he Hfted the flap which stoodfor his hospitable door, and we all went in, Iwas much more in the mood for my tea thanfor criticism of any kind, though I saw in aninstant that a great deal of it would berequired. My nephew was evidently livinglike a savage. In one corner of the tentwere two or three guns and a pair of impu-dent top boots ; in the other a camp bedwith all sorts of unblushing garments foldedon the top of it. A set of standing shelves,containing books and documents, a camptable, and four camp chairs, completed thefurniture of the tent. I took a seat on oneof the chairs, and looked round me in silentdisapprobation, w^hich Vernon probably putdown
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