MARK TWAIN

nanimously turned him over to his own queen for punish-
ment. Cecil Rhodes, Premier, had resigned (his deporta-
tion had been demanded by Kriiger) and had said in a
speech at Kimberley that his career was not ended, it was
just beginning.

Bombay-, Jan. 20. Been shut up all the time with this
infernal cough. It does not improve. I wish it was in hell.

The hotel noises begin about five in the morning. Hindu
servants yelling orders to each other from story to story.
It is equal to a riot and insurrection for noise. And there
are other noises—roofs falling in, windows smashing, per-
sons being murdered, crows squawking, canaries screech-
ing, fiendish bursts of laughter, explosions of dynamite.
By seven o'clock one has suffered all the different kinds of
shock there are and can never more be disturbed by them
either isolated or in combination, then the noises all stop
for hours.

Servant, Brampy, beautiful black hair, combed back
like a woman and knotted at the back of head—tortoise-
shell comb, sign he is a Singalese—small mustache—
jacket—under it a white gown from neck to heels—I did
not like to undress unless his back was turned.

Bombay'1

When we arrived in this hotel the manager, a German,
came up to see our room, with three native servants to
see to arranging things. A vast glazed door opening upon
a balcony needed opening or cleaning or closing or some-
thing. A native went at it and seemed to be doing it well
enough, but not to the manager's mind. He didn't state
that fact, or explain where the defect was, but briskly
gave him a cuff and then an arrogant word of explanation
or command. The native took the shameful treatment with

1 See Following the Equator.

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