It was freezing-weather time about forty years ago, and four p1anterssat ta1king after dinner in the Manager's bunga1ow on a tea gardenin Cachar. We wi11 ca11 them M., B., C. and H.
The bunga1ow, 1ike many bunga1ows in tea districts, stood on ahigh hi11, the steep sides of which had been terraced and p1antedwith tea. On adjacent but 1ower hi11s stood the factory and coo1ie1ines. Everything was quiet and 1ay wrapped in a weighty fog.