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" 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 horse- 

 keeper. My dressing boy is the grandson of an old 

 native officer, who fought at Assay e and Serin gapatam 

 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 first, 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 rules the 

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

 o' bright eyes, belonging to some gentle Lallbee, 

 Amirbee, or Zenobee, who has taken a kindly 

 interest in the management o' your affairs for the 

 sake o' the master ? or what are ye doing wi' palan- 



