said it naturally; he stopped now and then to cough. I didn't
understand it all; but I think I have remembered every word.'

'You have a remarkable memory. I'm glad he stopped to cough. Is
there any more?'

'One little bit. "Here the moguls wrought their passions into
marble, and held them up with great refrains from their religion,
and set them about with gardens; and here they stand in the twilight
of the glory of those kings and the noonday splendour of their
own."'

'How clever of you!' I exclaimed. 'How wonderfully clever of you to
remember!'

'I had to ask him to repeat one or two sentences. He didn't like
that. But this is nothing. I used to learn pages letter-perfect
for Aunt Emma. She was very particular. I think it is worth
preserving, don't you?'

'Dear Cecily,' I responded, 'you have a frugal mind.'

There was nothing else to respond. I could not tell her just how
practical I thought her, or how pathetic her little book.



Chapter 1.VI.

We drove together, after dinner, to the Taj. The moonlight lay in