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I am merely the wife of a British subaltern, whereas my aunt Jane is the consort of a commissioner. One must go to India, to realize the enormous and unfathomable gulf which yawns between these two positions.
Take, for instance, that important difference -- the difference in pay. On the first of each month, Aunt Jane's lord and master receives several thousand and odd rupees -- a heavy load for two staggering peons to carry from the treasury -- whereas my husband's poor little pittance, of two hundred and fifty-six rupees and odd annas, our bearer swings in a lean canvas bag, and in one hand, with an air of jaunty contempt!