CHAPTER FOURChandra was up early and had finished her packing before she went to look for breakfast at about six o’clock.
She was surprised to find that Lord Frome had already eaten and the servant was waiting to serve her alone.
It was an English breakfast with small eggs, which were characteristic of the East and bacon, which no Muslim would eat, was delicious.
There was also coffee of an excellent quality which she guessed Lord Frome had brought with him.
As soon as she had finished, she went outside and found, as she expected, that there was a large cavalcade of ponies already loaded with their baggage and what seemed a strange assortment of boxes, guns and many indistinguishable objects which she felt sure Lord Frome thought were necessary to his comfort.
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