. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . h regard toany particular Bux, and received his state-ment about the population at large withapparent indifference. The denoiienient is coming. 176 VERNONS AUNT CHAPTER VIII I DETERMINED Oil the morning of Friday,January ihe loth, to go about my ordinaryduties in my ordinary way, precisely as ifMahomedan suitors were in the habit ofarriving every day to ask my hand of mynephew. Vernon saw nothing unusual inmy manner at the breakfast-table. I lookedcarefully at the cup as I handed him hiscoffee, and it did not tremble. I
. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . h regard toany particular Bux, and received his state-ment about the population at large withapparent indifference. The denoiienient is coming. 176 VERNONS AUNT CHAPTER VIII I DETERMINED Oil the morning of Friday,January ihe loth, to go about my ordinaryduties in my ordinary way, precisely as ifMahomedan suitors were in the habit ofarriving every day to ask my hand of mynephew. Vernon saw nothing unusual inmy manner at the breakfast-table. I lookedcarefully at the cup as I handed him hiscoffee, and it did not tremble. I talkedcoherently and uninterruptedly about thepractice of suttee and the number of thingsthat had been missing from the wash. I feltalmost callous. If Vernon had sat before meas the arbiter of my fate I should have hadless control, perhaps, over my he was merely to be the agent of Mr. VERNONS AUNT \77 Buxs. I had already composed the sentences,on the hnes of my letter, in which I shoulddeliver it to my nephew when he came toinquire my wishes in the I LOOKED CAREFULLY AT THE CUP The usual ring of offenders sat on theirheels round the tent when I left it, while theusual number of disreputable ponies withpink noses snapped and squealed at each N 178 VERNONS AUNT Other under the nearest tree. There wasno sign anywhere of Mr. Bux. I wentinto my tent and tried to occupy myself witha newspaper. It was futile. Radabullubcame to ask me whether we would havecheetals liver or jungle-fowl for luncheon. Isaid cheetals liver. Stay! I added. When Mr. AbdulKarim Bux arrives this morning, let meknow, Radabullub. And he said he would. For a long time I sat unoccupied, tryingto be sorry for Mr. Bux. It was difficult—he had been so very, very precipitate. Whenat last Radabullub, outside the tent-door,said Madam ! I started quite perceptibly.* Your honour, said Radabullub, when Iappeared, Abdul Karim Bux is now withthe sahib in the office-khana. Has he been there long.^ I as
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