. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . uped, but will eat onleetrees—that is all! He will be exceedinggood steed for madam ! You think so ! I replied, I fear somewhatwitheringly, sitting down on one of my boxesto steady my nerves, You do not realise,Mr, Bux, that I am an English lady whonever, even in the days of her remote infancy,was mounted upon an elephant before. To beat the mercy of that animal for fifteen miles !—I will not hear of it! Suppose he buck-jumps ! Nothing, I went on with some vehe-mence, can excuse my nephews only aunt travels s
. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . uped, but will eat onleetrees—that is all! He will be exceedinggood steed for madam ! You think so ! I replied, I fear somewhatwitheringly, sitting down on one of my boxesto steady my nerves, You do not realise,Mr, Bux, that I am an English lady whonever, even in the days of her remote infancy,was mounted upon an elephant before. To beat the mercy of that animal for fifteen miles !—I will not hear of it! Suppose he buck-jumps ! Nothing, I went on with some vehe-mence, can excuse my nephews only aunt travels six thousand miles tovisit him, and she is met by two Hindoos andan elephant. Do you call that proper, ? You are a stranger to me, but I ask you\(yoit would have treated a maiden relative inthis way ? It is—it is simply abominable! Mr, Bux joined his two hands together, VERNONS AUNT 85 as if to supplicate mc not to blame him in thematter, and even in that moment of extremeirritation I observed the grace of the Orien-tal gesture. After my nephews conduct, it. MR. BUX JOINED HIS HANDS TOGETHER. was like balm. It occurred to me that, afterall, I had no right to blame Mr. Bux. Mr. Ockinis is to-day in dovta klidna ^ Office-room. 86 VERNONS AUNT hearing cases, madam. That he should leaveNuddiwalla it is impossible. I myself, I goalso to Nuddiwalla. If it is permitted bymadam, I walk besides the elephan and soit will be alright! I grasped at the idea which immediatelyexpanded in my mind. Can the elephantnot carry two ? I demanded.! Six—eight! Then, Mr. Bux, you must ride. If youwill accompany me I will make the not, here I sit until the next train startsback to Bombay, and by that train I go. If madam will permit, it will be toohonourable for me! At that moment I observ^ed that mynephews servant, without my permission, hadalready sent off three of the coolies withportions of my luggage. The man whocarried my leather box, with all my best thingsin it, was alrea
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