The Far Pavilions (159 page)

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baby; child

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the Mohammedan Sabbath

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Indian infantrymen

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great man

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Sleep baby sleep, Butter, bread, sugar, The bread and butter are finished, My baby is asleep.

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light two-wheeled trap

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sowars = cavalry soldiers; sepoys = infantry

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big dinner-parties

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bad characters; riff-raff

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uproar, tumult

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The battle that gained India for Clive and the East India Company in 1757. (There was a legend that the rule of the Company would only last a hundred years from that date.)

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Hindu holy man

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tight-fitting three-quarter-length coat

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doctor

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pronounced Ma-darn

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Be silent!

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a Hindu form of blessing, literally ‘Live long’

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cart or carriage

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village headman

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1
koss
= 2 miles

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drivers of horse-drawn vehicles

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mail carriage (
dâk
literally post, mail, posting-house)

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sun-blind made of split cane

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for me too

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thanks be to God

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Princesses

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nonsense (literally, stupidity)

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kaka = paternal uncle

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Highness

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nymphs of the Mohammedan paradise

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part of the Vedic literature

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Your honour

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You have permission to go

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Literally young men: but also used colloquially to mean soldiers.

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my son

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Before India was taken over from the East India Company by the Crown, the title was Governor-General. The last of these was Sir John Lawrence.

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Fear not. Be strong. Bravo!

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Thank you

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Now it is finished

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Here lies Barbur the great Emperor. May his fame live for ever.

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Go back and get your muskets. On! On!

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Forward, brothers. On – Victory to the Guides.

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strike; kill.

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Please. Enough. Stop!

Table of Contents

Cover

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

THE FAR PAVILIONS

Book One: The Twig is Bent

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2

3

4

5

6

7

Book Two: Belinda

8

9

10

11

12

Book Three: World out of Time

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Book Four: Bhithor

27

28

29

30

31

Book Five: Paradise of Fools

32

33

34

35

Book Six: Juli

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

Book Seven: My Brother Jonathan

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

Book Eight: The Land of Cain

59

60

61

62

63

64

65

66

67

68

NOTES FOR THE CURIOUS

GLOSSARY

Footnotes

Book One: The Twig is Bent

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