Indian life in town and country . ally grovelling in the dust to the whitecomplexion. It is not a wholesome atmosphereto live in, this conscious sense of social superior-ity, and is apt in some cases to turn heads. TheAnglo-Indian becomes arrogant, quick-tempered,and impatient. He loses the knack of saying** Thank you, and acquires that of bahaduring,which is the importation of imperialism intoprivate life. He is always * My lord or Yourhonour to the native, or, for a variation, ** Pro-tector of the poor! or **Cherisher of the needy! Do you wonder that the Anglo-Indian becomespuffed-up ? That


Indian life in town and country . ally grovelling in the dust to the whitecomplexion. It is not a wholesome atmosphereto live in, this conscious sense of social superior-ity, and is apt in some cases to turn heads. TheAnglo-Indian becomes arrogant, quick-tempered,and impatient. He loses the knack of saying** Thank you, and acquires that of bahaduring,which is the importation of imperialism intoprivate life. He is always * My lord or Yourhonour to the native, or, for a variation, ** Pro-tector of the poor! or **Cherisher of the needy! Do you wonder that the Anglo-Indian becomespuffed-up ? That he thinks more of himself thanis compatible with his gifts and attributes ? Thathe becomes curt in his treatment of the sepia?Such is not unfrequently the case, and an undue 258 Indian Life exploitation of * * side is a weak point in theAnglo-Indians character. A six-months fur-lough to the Colonies of Australia should be in-cluded in the curriculum of his life to negative theill-effects of sepia surroundings and sepia CHAPTER XVIII THK GI<AD CRY WHAT are the pros and what the cons ofAnglo-Indian life, and to which side doesthe balance incline? I think I can strike it atonce in the words of the familiar song, Home,Sweet Home. But there are two good columns ofdebtor and creditor considerations on either sidebefore we arrive at it, and to some of these I willaddress myself. The Anglo-Indian does not take his pleasuressadly, and, speaking generally, manages to havea good time of it during his period of is no place like India for gaiety and amuse-ment, and no society which lays itself out morethoroughly for enjoyment. Within the shortlimits of the cooler evening hours, a vast amountof outdoor revelry is squeezed in. I do not speakof the cities, where there are large communitiesand amusement is conducted on a colossal scale,but of the petty out-stations which, weather per-mitting, become the headquarters of enjoyment,and in this respect contrast favourably


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