Abaft The Funnel Chapter 22 - The Adoration Of The Mage

In which the narrator laments the loss of the faithful Kadir Baksh and contends with the incomprehensible ways and noisy habits of his new housemaids, reflecting wryly on the rigid social distinctions and peculiar customs governing servant-master relations in an unfamiliar heathen city. Seeking comfort and companionship, he ventures to the Albert Docks in hopes of finding a humble native attendant who might share his tongue and ease the burdens of his solitary exile.