Plain Tales from the Hills 29 - The Bisara Of Pooree

In which a curious and ancient love-charm known as the Bisara of Pooree, a small silver box containing a wooden fish, is revealed to possess potent and perilous powers that only function when stolen, setting in motion events of passion and folly among the British in hill-station Simla. The tale follows the ill-starred infatuation of a diminutive officer and the consequences wrought by the charm's theft, blending local superstition with the foibles of English society in India.