O mother , ' he cried , ` do they do this in the zenanas ? Suppose an Englishman came by and saw that thou hast no nose ? ' ` What ? ' she shrilled back . ` Thine own mother has no nose ? Why say so , then , on the open road ? ' It was a fair counter . The Englishman threw up his hand with the gesture of a man hit at sword-play . She laughed and nodded . ` Is this a face to tempt virtue aside ? ' She withdrew all her veil and stared at him . It was by no means lovely , but as the man gathered up his reins he called it a Moon of Paradise , a Disturber of Integrity , and a few other fantastic epithets which doubled her up with mirth . ` That is a nut-cut -LSB- rogue -RSB- , ' she said . ` All police-constables are nut-cuts ; but the police-wallahs are the worst . Hai , my son , thou hast never learned all that since thou camest from Belait -LSB- Europe -RSB- . Who suckled thee ? ' ' A pahareen -- a hillwoman of Dalhousie , my mother . Keep thy beauty under a shade -- O Dispenser of Delights , ' and he was gone . ` These be the sort ' -- she took a fine judicial tone , and stuffed her mouth with pan -- ` These be the sort to oversee justice . They know the land and the customs of the land .
The others , all new from XXXXX , suckled by white women and learning our tongues from books , are worse than the pestilence .
Belait Dalhousie Delights Europe Hai nut-cuts police-constables police-wallahs sword-play zenanas