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get everything done, exactly as it should be, with- 

 out giving any orders or directions ; I am always 

 changing my servants, and still never get any to suit 

 me." 



"Just the very reason why you are always un- 

 settled and uncomfortable," I replied. " I have had 

 almost all my servants for a long time. My head 

 boy has been with me ever since I arrived in the 

 country, and knows all my ways ; the same with my 

 hooka-badar, (pipe-bearer,) and Abdulla, my hor.se- 

 keeper. My dressing boy is the grandson of an old 

 native ofificer, who fought at Assaye and Seringa- 

 patam under Wellesley Bahadoor, (the brave ;) and 

 "Five Minutes," my cook, Chineah, Googooloo, 

 Naga, and sundry other of my retinue, have been 

 with me for years, and will, I think, stop until the 

 end of the chapter. They all required some little 

 teaching and breaking in at liist, but now they 

 know what is to be done. I have very little trouble 

 with them." 



" You are somewhat right there," said the doctor, 

 '' and ye certainly have a weel managed household ; 

 but there 's mair in it than a' that. Flunkies are 

 somewhat like the brute bastes of the field ; they 

 know right well when they are kindly treated, and 

 they are easier led than driven, but from certain 

 strange coincidences, this child is of opinion that 

 there is a third party behind the scenes who rides 

 the roast. Tell me, oh, ye Irregular ! have ye not a 

 pair o' bright eyes, belonging to some gentle Lallbee, 



