38 APRIL 



was taken away and kept a prisoner for some time 

 by his father, and "taught" every day, till an 

 opportunity arrived to send him for good to Dum- 

 raon, to be employed in his family's caste-work of 

 milking cows. 



Since when I have had no more page boys. 

 It used to be very funny to see him marshalling in 

 the tennis boys, four to a court, for picking up the 

 balls, and standing them all in a line to make 

 obeisance before being paid and dismissed ; all of 

 them bigger than himself. 



But it was not quite so funny what I heard 

 afterwards that he had said about me. He was 

 one day seen pulling one of the dogs along by a 

 string round its neck, and as he pulled he said : 



" Come on, d n you ! " 



The Ancient asked him : 



" Who taught you such words ? " 



Billy Doo replied : 



" The mistress ! " 



