"The beginning of everything was in a railway train upon the road to Mhow from Ajmir. There had been a deficit in the Budget, which necessi-tated travelling, not Second-class, which is only half as dear as First-class, but by Intermediate, which is very awful indeed. There are no cush-ions in the Intermediate class, and the population are either Intermediate, which is Eurasian, or na-tive, which for a long night journey is nasty; or Loafer, which is amusing though intoxicated. In-termediates do not patronize refreshment-rooms. They carry their food in bundles and pots, and buy sweets from the native sweetmeat-sellers, and drink the roadside water."