“We aren’t even seeing the other side of the world; that’s our complaint,”said Adela. Mrs. Moore agreed; she too was disappointed at the dullness oftheir new life. They had made such a romantic voyage across the Mediterraneanand through the sands of Egypt to the harbour of Bombay, to findonly a gridiron of bungalows at the…
The Collector kept his word. Next day he issued invitation cards to numerousIndian gentlemen in the neighbourhood, stating that he would be athome in the garden of the club between the hours of five and seven on thefollowing Tuesday, also that Mrs. Turton would be glad to receive anyladies of their families who were out…