eyeglasses. Can’t you see that we are only two?” Amar smiled impudently. “I am not a magician; I can’t conjure up a third companion.”
The official, noticeably disconcerted by this impertinence, sought a new field of attack.
“What is your name?”
“I am called Thomas. I am the son of an English mother and a converted Christian Indian father.”
“What is your friend’s name?”
“I call him Thompson.”
By this time my inward
eyeglasses. Can’t you see that we are only two?” Amar smiled impudently. “I am not a magician; I can’t conjure up a third companion.”
The official, noticeably disconcerted by this impertinence, sought a new field of attack.
“What is your name?”
“I am called Thomas. I am the son of an English mother and a converted Christian Indian father.”
“What is your friend’s name?”
“I call him Thompson.”
By this time my inward
