Under the Deodars

by Rudyard Kipling




Contents

The Education of Otis Yeere
At the Pit's Mouth
A Wayside Comedy
The Hill of Illusion
A Second-rate Woman
Only a Subaltern
In the Matter of a Private
The Enlightenments of Pagett. M. P.




Under the Deodars

The Education of Otis Yeere

I

In the pleasant orchard-closes
'God bless all our gains,' say we;
But 'May God bless all our losses,'