The Far Pavilions (159 page)
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baby; child
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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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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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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
Book One: The Twig is Bent
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Book Two: Belinda
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Book Three: World out of Time
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Book Four: Bhithor
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Book Five: Paradise of Fools
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Book Six: Juli
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Book Seven: My Brother Jonathan
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Book Eight: The Land of Cain
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Book One: The Twig is Bent
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