14 ROUGHING IT IN SOUTHERN INDIA 



it was to find that not only had he cut the new muslin by 

 the old pattern, but he had mutilated the beauteous sleeves 

 of the three English frocks down to his own ideas of what 

 was right ! 



As may be supposed, for quite a long time I felt anything 

 but angelic about this, and much like sending the durzai 

 away with an allusion to his dominating trait at the end of 

 his ' character ' ; only I knew that, on having it read to 

 him, he had it in his power to hinder my getting another 

 good durzai in his place. Many a time such reflections held 

 one in check with regard to native servants and subordinates. 



