Perhaps you
frighten
him.
Kipling - Poems
Miss T. (Aside. ) Oh, bother! he'll think I'm fishing for compliments.
(Aloud. ) No, Peliti's of course.
Capt. G. (Enthusiastically. ) Not to compare with these. How d'you make
them? I can't get my khansamah to understand the simplest thing beyond
mutton and fowl.
Miss T. Yes? I'm not a khansamah, you know.
Perhaps you frighten him.
You should never frighten a servant. He loses his head. It's very bad
policy.
Capt. G. He's so awf'ly stupid.
Miss T. (Folding her hands in her lap. ) You should call him quietly and
say: 'O khansamah jee! '
Capt. G. (Getting interested. ) Yes? (Aside. ) Fancy that little
featherweight saying, 'O khansamah jee' to my bloodthirsty Mir Khan!
