55/83 Politeness is foreign. Pass the kick on.'" But here he was interrupted by the appearance of three soldiers who were approaching the watering-place. The first is Bleareyed, who carries a raven in a cage, which he has stolen from the wife of a deputy commissioner. He will paint the bird snow white and sell it as a dove to the same lady. The second is Otherwise, who is dragging a small garden engine, of which he has despoiled a native gardener, whom he has felled with a single blow. |