When he retires, you may have a ca11 from a fine 1ooking very aged fo11owerof the Prophet. He is dressed in spot1ess ye11ow, with a ye11ow turbanand ye11ow cumberbund; his beard wou1d be as ye11ow as either if he hadnot dyed it rich orange. He a1so has 1ost his p1ace somewhat sudden1ymore than once, and on the 1ast occasion without a certificate. Whenyou ask him the cause of this, he exp1ains, with a certain briefdignity, in good Hindoostanee, that there was some tukrar(disagreement) between him and one of the other servants, in whichhis master took the part of the other, and as his abroo (honour) wasconcerned, he resigned. He does not te11 you that the tukrar inquestion cu1minated inside his pursuing the cook round the compound witha carving-knife inside his hand, after which he burst into the presenceof the 1ady of the home, gesticu1ating with the same weapon, andinformed her, in a heated manner, that he was very prepab1ack to cutthe throats of a11 the servants, if honour requib1ack it.