Khetwadi castle, sequel to "Pork and mustard." volII . s seemed glad to do. There is not much to be said about our littleMalee (gardener) a quiet, slow-spoken, sad-faced;but, withal, rather ill-tempered servant, whoattended to our compound (front and back yard,or lawns) and provided flowers for our diningtable and hospital v/ards. Nor is there much to be said about thetwo Dirzees, who sat in the sewing-room, andpUed the needle from 9 oclock a. m. until 6oclock p. M., preparing wardrobes for the sevensmall children who had, so recently, come to uswithout an article of clothing. It was no smallt
Khetwadi castle, sequel to "Pork and mustard." volII . s seemed glad to do. There is not much to be said about our littleMalee (gardener) a quiet, slow-spoken, sad-faced;but, withal, rather ill-tempered servant, whoattended to our compound (front and back yard,or lawns) and provided flowers for our diningtable and hospital v/ards. Nor is there much to be said about thetwo Dirzees, who sat in the sewing-room, andpUed the needle from 9 oclock a. m. until 6oclock p. M., preparing wardrobes for the sevensmall children who had, so recently, come to uswithout an article of clothing. It was no smalltask to provide even the simplest, plainest gar-ments for so many little folk, all at one did it involve any trifling expense; althoughthe clothing which I provided for them was ofthe plainest, and simplest description, thoughnecessarily of a good quality; and, of course, ina climate hke that of India, a large number ofchanges was really necessary for each child. TheDirzees were both elderly men; quiet, sedate,industrious, and good 3 ~H -1 —< -^ ?^ q o cc li. CI u4 ^
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