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...to the hotel in peace. We had some hours to wait and our room was now wanted by the next batch, so we moved to the station waiting room provided with an electric fan and very comfortable. We were alone most of the afternoon. Then there came three Brahmin ladies with a baby which the Dr. thought might be eight months old. It had three bracelets on each wrist, two anklets on each ankle and around its waist a gold cord carrying a fig leaf the size of a nickel, and which was a failure as a cover. These people were rich - they wore wonderful jewels, the were barefooted but their garments were fine. They all sat on the floor - tiled and clean and the bare baby proceeded to creep all...