Part 20 (2/2)
”Why not, pray?”
”There's folks accusin' your maid o' enterin' the next compartment an'--an'--”
”Nonsense! Myfor dinner ere both asleep! Ah! There's light at last, thank heaven!”
Two native porters running along the roofs were dropping lamps into the holes appointed for them, and the train that had been a block of darkness hewn out of the night was now a monster, uard reported, retreating backward through the door and leering at us
There renant Brown of Lues, and the crowd rerow cold in that temperature)
”The train will start on time!” announced the babu station -room Brown came with us, bewildered
”How did it happen?” he deet here? Why wasn't I called for dinner? How did she get in? Where did she go to?”
”Oh, come and eat curried cow, it's lovely!” answered Will
Fred overtook us at the door, and whispered:
”Our things have been gone through, but I can't find that anything's round for discontent The British race and its offshoots wash, but disbelieve with aluest at either table had left at his place a partly elass of beer, or brandy and soda, or whisky Each looked for the glass on his return, and found it eer, with a fearful air, and shoulders shrugged to disclaim his own responsibility
Coutlass and the other Greek were sitting at a table with a gorged look, glancing neither to the right nor left, yet not eating I looked at the railway official, who had not left his seat It strucksilently, but he did not look up The crowd, after the er
”What can I do? What shall I do?” wailed the unhappy little reedy! They took!”
All those charges were evidently true, and stated mildly Coutlass rose to his feet
”Gassharamminy!” he thundered, and his stomach stuck out over the table it was so full of various drinks ”Why should we not take? Who isn't thirsty in this hell of a place? Who leaves good drink deserves to lose it!”
”What shall I do?” wailed the Goanese ain,” said the railwaythe account to me”
The waiters ran to fill orders, and a babel of abuse at the second table was hurled at Coutlass and his friends; but they did not leave the table because there was another course to coreedy Then in cay picture of discontent
”Say!” he yelled ”Ain't I goin' to get those two first-classes on trays?” He came and stood by us ”Did you ever 'ear the likes of it?
They swear neither of 'em was out of the compartment They call ave it to 'em, 'an they never asked for it, an' their door was never locked, nor nothin'!”
He passed on to the railway man
”I'll have to borry your key, sir Mine's lost Can't open doors until I get one from somewhere”
The railway man passed him his key with a bored expression and no remark