📔 Under the Deodars

One day when the Man's Wife and the Tertium Quid had just arrived in the Cemetery, they saw some coolies breaking ground.

Each well-regulated Indian Cemetery keeps half a dozen graves permanently open for contingencies and incidental wear and tear.

On the Umballa platform waited a detachment of officers discussing the latest news from the stricken cantonment, and it was here that Bobby learned the real condition of the Tail Twisters.