Enchanted Evening (57 page)
Authors: M. M. Kaye
2
. Five shillings was the equivalent of twenty-five pence today.
3
. The Chinese spell that âShao-di', but pronounce it â
Shao
-dee'.
4
. Quarantine.
5
. Andy and Enid Anderson: Captain and Bosun of the Nageem Bagh Navy. See
Golden Afternoon.
6
. âThe Motleys', who were among the best stage designers of their time.
Chapter 20
1
. See
The Sun in the Morning.
Chapter 21
1
. Two old pennies.
2
. Plus a bathing cap!
Chapter 22
1
. It is on record that an astrologer warned that the King of Delhi (i.e. the Viceroy) was dead five days before the news reached India.
2
. I am obviously wrong there. I have just read a newspaper article which says there are still Jarawas on the Andamans. And they are still killers!
3
. Cooking-pot.
Chapter 23
1
. âHis Excellency'. The Viceroy, and all Governors, are Excellencies.
2
. Water-carrier.
Chapter 24
1
. âSit, Mem-sahib, sit. There is plenty of room.'
Chapter 25
1
. Ootacamund.
2
. See
Golden Afternoon.
Chapter 26
1
. 1939.
2
. Tacklow's first cousin, Sir John Kaye, wrote a contemporary history of the Mutiny which he called a
History of the Sepoy Rising,
and his
Kaye and Malleson's History of the Indian Mutiny
is still one of the best accounts of that bloodstained event.
Chapter 27
1
. In aid of Indian Servicemen blinded during the war.
2
.
Shadow of the Moon,
published by Longmans Green, and republished by Viking.
3
. Indian.
4
.
Dancing
partner â the word has now acquired another meaning.
5
. Marquee.
Chapter 28
1
. Indian Army Officers.
Chapter 30
1
. A'ba-
darn.
Khour-ram-
shah.
2
. Mother did a lovely âPeter Scott' on the wall above the fireplace in her bedroom.
Chapter 31
1
. Spiced courgette and potatoes with yoghurt.
Chapter 32
1
. JB's wife disliked living in places like Calcutta, Delhi and Bombay. She much preferred their home in England, and had gone on strike and stayed there. Which probably accounts for his tendency to chase women around tables.
Chapter 33
1
. Walter de la Mare.
2
. British Expeditionary Force.
3
. Disciples.
Chapter 34
1
. See
The Sun in the Morning
.
Chapter 35
1
. Women's Voluntary Service.
Chapter 36
1
. I wish I knew who wrote that, but I don't. The lines have stayed in my mind all these years, but not the name of the poet. Perhaps someone will recognize them and tell me. I
think
the poem was called âGuinevere'.
2
. When he was very young he had a German governess who could not pronounce âGodfrey'. She called him âGoffrey' or âGoff'; and the latter stuck to him for life.
3
. Ma'-
darn
.
4
. Queen Victoria's Own.
Glossary
abdar | butler |
Angrezi | English |
Angrezi-log | English folk |
barra-durri | open-sided outdoor pavilion |
bhat | talk, speech |
Bibi-ghur | women's house |
bistra | bedding-roll |
burra | large, e.g. Burra-Sahib, great man |
butti | lamp |
charpoy | Indian bedstead |
chupprassi | peon |
chatti | large earthenware water-jug |
chokra | small boy |
chota-bazri | small breakfast |
chowkidar | watchman, caretaker |
dâk-bungalow | resthouse for travellers; orginally for postmen ( |
darzi | tailor |
dekchi | metal cooking-pot |
dhobi | washerman, or woman |
Diwan | Prime Minister |
ferengi | foreigner |
galeri | the little striped Indian tree-squirrel |
ghari | vehicle; usually horse-drawn |
gudee | throne |
gussel | bath ( |
halwa | sweets |
Jungi-Lat-Sahib | Commander-in-Chief |
kutcha | rough, unfinished |
khansama | cook |
khitmatgar | waiter |
Kaiser-i-Hind | the King (or Queen) |
lathi | stout, iron-tipped and bound bamboo staff |
Lal Khila | Red Fort |
log | people, folk |
mahout | elephant rider |
mali | gardener |
manji | boatman |
masalchi | washer-up, kitchen boy |
maulvi | religious teacher |
mufussal | countryside (âthe sticks') |
murgi | chicken |
namaste | the Indian gesture of respect, greeting or farewell: hand-pressed palm to palm and lifted to the forehead |
noker | servant ( |
powinders | tribe of gypsies who are always on the move |
shikari | hunter |
shikarra | canopied punt that is the water-taxi of the Kashmir lake |
tonga | two-wheeled, horse-drawn taxi of the Indian plains |
topi | pith hat â almost a uniform in the days of the Raj |
vakil | lawyer |
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Far Pavilions
Trade Wind
Shadow of the Moon
Death in Berlin
Death in Cyprus
Death in Kashmir
Death in Kenya
Death in the Andamans
Death in Zanzibar
The Ordinary Princess
Murder Abroad
House of Shade
The Sun in the Morning
Golden Afternoon
ENCHANTED EVENING
. Copyright © 1999 by M. M. Kaye. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
ISBN 0-312-26581-6
First published in Great Britain by the Penguin Group, Penguin Books Ltd
First U.S. Edition: December 2000
eISBN 9781466842755
First eBook edition: March 2013