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	The price of the English translation only issued in library edition was prohibited for the Indian reader, and a cheap edition has long been needed
	Often in my progress, I have had faint glimpses of the absolute truth
	He had to eat beef and drink liquor.
	He administered the oath and I vowed not to touch wine, woman, and me
	The political agent owned the acquaintance, but the reminder seemed to stiffen him
	Surely you have not come here to abuse that acquaintance, have you?
	Appeared to be the meaning of that stiffness and seemed to be written on his brow
	I went on with my story. The Sahib got up and said, you must go now.
	But please hear me out, said I. That made him more angry. He called his pewon and ordered him to show me the door.
	I was still hesitating when the Pewon came in, placed his hands on my shoulders and put me out of the room.
	The Saab went away as also the pune and I departed fretting and fuming
	I at once wrote out and sent over a note to this effect. You have insulted me. You have assaulted me through your pew
	If you make no amends, I shall have to proceed against you.
	You were rude to me. I asked you to go and you would not. I had no option but to order my pune to show you the door.
	Let hundreds like me perish, but let truth prevail
	Even after he asked you to leave the office, you did not do so. He therefore had to use just enough force to send you out
	Here is an example for you to copy, I said to myself
	With this answer in my pocket, I came home Crest fallen and told my brother all that had happened
	He spoke to his vacation friends, for I did not know how to proceed against the Saab
	Sir Firosha Meta happened to be in the Raj coach at this time having come down from bombay for some case.
	But how could a junior barrister like me dare to see him
	So I sent him the papers of my case through the Vakil who had engaged him and begged for his advice.
	He will gain nothing by proceeding against the Sahib, and on the contrary will very likely ruin himself
	The agonized lament of the parents over Shravan's death
	I have never been guilty of a breach of that determination
	It was an uncommon thing for a young man of Raj Court to go to England
	But his impatience and overbearing anger were out of all proportion to my mistake
	I can scarcely have taken up more than five minutes of his time.
	He could have politely asked me to go, but power had intoxicated him to an inordinate extent
	The melting tune moved me deeply and I played it on a concertina, which my father had purchased for me.
	Meanwhile, I began to learn something of the petty politics of the country.
	Katyabar, being a conglomeration of small states naturally had its rich crop of political
	Petty intrigues between states and intrigues of officers for power were the order of the day.
	Princes were always at the mercy of others and ready to lend their heirs to sick of ants.
	This atmosphere appeared to me to be poisonous. And how to remain unscathed was a perpetual problem for me
	I was thoroughly depressed and my brother clearly saw it.
	With the blessings of my elders, I started for
	We both felt that if I could secure some job, I should be free from this atmosphere of entry
	But without intrigue a ministership or a judge ship was out of the question and the quarrel with the Sahib stood in the way of my practice
	Burbandar was then under administration, and I had some work there in the shape of securing more powers for the prince.
	Also, I had to see the administrator in respect of the heavy Vigothi, land rent, exacted from the mayor
	This officer, though an Indian was I found one better than the Sahib in arrogance.
	He was able, but the Reats appeared to me to be none the better off for his ability
	I succeeded in securing a few more powers for the Rana, but hardly any relief for the Mayrs,
	It struck me that their cause was not even carefully gone into
	So even in this mission, I was comparatively disappointed
	I thought justice was not done to my clients, but I had not the means to secure
	This was my first journey from Raj Court to bombay. My brother accompanied me
	At the most, I could have appealed to the political agent or to the governor who would have dismissed the appeal saying, we decline to interfere.
	If there had been any rule or regulation governing such decisions, it would have been something, but here the Sahib's will was law
	Just about this time, I had secured my father's permission to see a play performed by a certain dramatic company
	In the meantime, a Maemen firm from Poorbandar wrote to my brother making the following of
	My brother introduced me to the late Sheit Abdul Karim Javeri, a partner of Dada Boulan company, the firm in question
	Much of our correspondence is in English and you can help us with that too. You will of course be our guest and hence we'll have no expense whatever
	How long do you require my services? I asked. And what will be the payment
	Not more than a year. We will pay you a first class return fare and a sum of hundred and five pounds all found
	There was also the tempting opportunity of seeing a new country and of having new experience
	Also I could send one hundred and five pounds to my brother and help in the expenses of the household
	I closed with the offer without any haggling and got ready to go to South Africa.
	When starting for South Africa, I did not feel the wrench of separation which I had experienced when leaving for England.
	I had gained some knowledge of the world and of travel abroad. And going from Rajcode to bombay was no unusual affair
	This time, I only felt the pang of parting with my wife
	Our love could not yet be called free from lust
	Since my return from Europe, we had lived very little together
	But the attraction of South Africa rendered the separation bearable
	We are bound to meet again in a year, I said to her, by way of consolation and left Raj code for one
	Here, I was to get my passage through the agent of Dada Abulayan company.
	With my mother's permission and blessings, I set off exultantly for bombay, leaving my wife with a baby of a few months
	But no birth was available on the boat. And if I did not sail then, I should be stranded in Pompeii.
	We have tried our best, said the agent, to secure a first class passage, but in vain. Unless you are prepared to go on deck
	Those were the days of my first class traveling. And how could a barrister travel as a deck passenger? So I refused
	I suspected the agent's veracity for I could not believe that a first class passage was not available
	With the agent's consent, I set about securing it myself
	I could never be tired of seeing it, but how often should I be permitted to go
	There is an extra berth in my cabin, which is usually not available for passengers. But I am prepared to give it to you
	I thanked him and got the agent to purchase the passage.
	In April eighteen ninety three, I set forth full of zest to dry my luck in South Africa
	The first port of call was Lamu, which we reached in about thirteen days
	Let us not reduce the standard of truth even by a hair's breadth for judging erring mortals like myself
	I had heard a lot about the game but had never tried my hand at it
	Players used to say that this was a game in which there was plenty of scope for the exercise of one's intelligence.
	It haunted me and I must have acted Harish Chandra to myself times without number
	The captain offered to give me lessons and he found me a good pupil as I had unlimited patience.
	Every time I was the loser and that made him all the more eager to teach me,
	I liked the game, but never carried my liking beyond the boat or my knowledge beyond the moves of the pieces.
	At Lamu, the ship remained at anchor for some three to four hours, and I landed to see the poor
	The captain had also gone ashore, but he had warned me that the harbor was treacherous and that I should return in good time
	It was a very small place. I went to the post office and was delighted to see the Indian clerks there and had a talk with them
	I also saw the Africans and tried to acquaint myself with their ways of life which interested me very much.
	Leaving me with a friend in Bombay, he returned to Rajhgoth to resume his due
	There were some deck passengers with whom I had made acquaintance and who had landed with a view to cooking their food on shore and having a quiet meal.
	I now found them preparing to return to the steamer, so we all got into the same boat
	The tide was high in the harbor, and our boat had more than its proper load.
	Why should not all be truthful like Harish Chandra was the question I asked myself, day and night
	The current was so strong that it was impossible to hold the boat to the ladder of the steamer
	It would just touch the ladder and be drawn away again by the current
	After Lamu, the next port was Mombasa. And then Zanzibar,
	The halt here was a long one, eight or ten days, and we then changed to another
	The captain liked me much, but the liking took an undesirable turn
	He invited an English friend and me to accompany him on an outing. And we all went ashore in his book

The price of the English translation only issued in library edition was prohibited for the Indian reader, and a cheap edition has long been needed

Often in my progress, I have had faint glimpses of the absolute truth

He had to eat beef and drink liquor.

He administered the oath and I vowed not to touch wine, woman, and me

The political agent owned the acquaintance, but the reminder seemed to stiffen him

Surely you have not come here to abuse that acquaintance, have you?

Appeared to be the meaning of that stiffness and seemed to be written on his brow

I went on with my story. The Sahib got up and said, you must go now.

But please hear me out, said I. That made him more angry. He called his pewon and ordered him to show me the door.

I was still hesitating when the Pewon came in, placed his hands on my shoulders and put me out of the room.

The Saab went away as also the pune and I departed fretting and fuming

I at once wrote out and sent over a note to this effect. You have insulted me. You have assaulted me through your pew

If you make no amends, I shall have to proceed against you.

You were rude to me. I asked you to go and you would not. I had no option but to order my pune to show you the door.

Let hundreds like me perish, but let truth prevail

Even after he asked you to leave the office, you did not do so. He therefore had to use just enough force to send you out

Here is an example for you to copy, I said to myself

With this answer in my pocket, I came home Crest fallen and told my brother all that had happened

He spoke to his vacation friends, for I did not know how to proceed against the Saab

Sir Firosha Meta happened to be in the Raj coach at this time having come down from bombay for some case.

But how could a junior barrister like me dare to see him

So I sent him the papers of my case through the Vakil who had engaged him and begged for his advice.

He will gain nothing by proceeding against the Sahib, and on the contrary will very likely ruin himself

The agonized lament of the parents over Shravan's death

I have never been guilty of a breach of that determination

It was an uncommon thing for a young man of Raj Court to go to England

But his impatience and overbearing anger were out of all proportion to my mistake

I can scarcely have taken up more than five minutes of his time.

He could have politely asked me to go, but power had intoxicated him to an inordinate extent

The melting tune moved me deeply and I played it on a concertina, which my father had purchased for me.

Meanwhile, I began to learn something of the petty politics of the country.

Katyabar, being a conglomeration of small states naturally had its rich crop of political

Petty intrigues between states and intrigues of officers for power were the order of the day.

Princes were always at the mercy of others and ready to lend their heirs to sick of ants.

This atmosphere appeared to me to be poisonous. And how to remain unscathed was a perpetual problem for me

I was thoroughly depressed and my brother clearly saw it.

With the blessings of my elders, I started for

We both felt that if I could secure some job, I should be free from this atmosphere of entry

But without intrigue a ministership or a judge ship was out of the question and the quarrel with the Sahib stood in the way of my practice

Burbandar was then under administration, and I had some work there in the shape of securing more powers for the prince.

Also, I had to see the administrator in respect of the heavy Vigothi, land rent, exacted from the mayor

This officer, though an Indian was I found one better than the Sahib in arrogance.

He was able, but the Reats appeared to me to be none the better off for his ability

I succeeded in securing a few more powers for the Rana, but hardly any relief for the Mayrs,

It struck me that their cause was not even carefully gone into

So even in this mission, I was comparatively disappointed

I thought justice was not done to my clients, but I had not the means to secure

This was my first journey from Raj Court to bombay. My brother accompanied me

At the most, I could have appealed to the political agent or to the governor who would have dismissed the appeal saying, we decline to interfere.

If there had been any rule or regulation governing such decisions, it would have been something, but here the Sahib's will was law

Just about this time, I had secured my father's permission to see a play performed by a certain dramatic company

In the meantime, a Maemen firm from Poorbandar wrote to my brother making the following of

My brother introduced me to the late Sheit Abdul Karim Javeri, a partner of Dada Boulan company, the firm in question

Much of our correspondence is in English and you can help us with that too. You will of course be our guest and hence we'll have no expense whatever

How long do you require my services? I asked. And what will be the payment

Not more than a year. We will pay you a first class return fare and a sum of hundred and five pounds all found

There was also the tempting opportunity of seeing a new country and of having new experience

Also I could send one hundred and five pounds to my brother and help in the expenses of the household

I closed with the offer without any haggling and got ready to go to South Africa.

When starting for South Africa, I did not feel the wrench of separation which I had experienced when leaving for England.

I had gained some knowledge of the world and of travel abroad. And going from Rajcode to bombay was no unusual affair

This time, I only felt the pang of parting with my wife

Our love could not yet be called free from lust

Since my return from Europe, we had lived very little together

But the attraction of South Africa rendered the separation bearable

We are bound to meet again in a year, I said to her, by way of consolation and left Raj code for one

Here, I was to get my passage through the agent of Dada Abulayan company.

With my mother's permission and blessings, I set off exultantly for bombay, leaving my wife with a baby of a few months

But no birth was available on the boat. And if I did not sail then, I should be stranded in Pompeii.

We have tried our best, said the agent, to secure a first class passage, but in vain. Unless you are prepared to go on deck

Those were the days of my first class traveling. And how could a barrister travel as a deck passenger? So I refused

I suspected the agent's veracity for I could not believe that a first class passage was not available

With the agent's consent, I set about securing it myself

I could never be tired of seeing it, but how often should I be permitted to go

There is an extra berth in my cabin, which is usually not available for passengers. But I am prepared to give it to you

I thanked him and got the agent to purchase the passage.

In April eighteen ninety three, I set forth full of zest to dry my luck in South Africa

The first port of call was Lamu, which we reached in about thirteen days

Let us not reduce the standard of truth even by a hair's breadth for judging erring mortals like myself

I had heard a lot about the game but had never tried my hand at it

Players used to say that this was a game in which there was plenty of scope for the exercise of one's intelligence.

It haunted me and I must have acted Harish Chandra to myself times without number

The captain offered to give me lessons and he found me a good pupil as I had unlimited patience.

Every time I was the loser and that made him all the more eager to teach me,

I liked the game, but never carried my liking beyond the boat or my knowledge beyond the moves of the pieces.

At Lamu, the ship remained at anchor for some three to four hours, and I landed to see the poor

The captain had also gone ashore, but he had warned me that the harbor was treacherous and that I should return in good time

It was a very small place. I went to the post office and was delighted to see the Indian clerks there and had a talk with them

I also saw the Africans and tried to acquaint myself with their ways of life which interested me very much.

Leaving me with a friend in Bombay, he returned to Rajhgoth to resume his due

There were some deck passengers with whom I had made acquaintance and who had landed with a view to cooking their food on shore and having a quiet meal.

I now found them preparing to return to the steamer, so we all got into the same boat

The tide was high in the harbor, and our boat had more than its proper load.

Why should not all be truthful like Harish Chandra was the question I asked myself, day and night

The current was so strong that it was impossible to hold the boat to the ladder of the steamer

It would just touch the ladder and be drawn away again by the current

After Lamu, the next port was Mombasa. And then Zanzibar,

The halt here was a long one, eight or ten days, and we then changed to another

The captain liked me much, but the liking took an undesirable turn

He invited an English friend and me to accompany him on an outing. And we all went ashore in his book