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food, the only thing I could hear of, being 

 a neck of mutton, which would make 

 cutlets, and he said he might be able 

 to procure a small chicken in the 

 bazaar, for curry. He told me beef was 

 very difficult to get, for when a bullock 

 was killed, it was all bespoke long before, 

 and it was impossible to procure a small 

 joint. So the question of beef was finally 

 settled. He thought, however, he might 

 get me a duck on the morrow, but he was 

 not so sure about that. I found I might 

 make my mind easy on the subject of 

 food, as mutton was always to be had in 

 the bazaar, and no one could starve with 

 good roast and boiled mutton in abun- 

 dance. The butler retired, and I was 

 again left to my reflections and to my 

 comfortable wood fire, which I continued to 

 sit opposite to while I meditated upon the 



