Johnston tells us that one day during camp the Nawab sent a messenger to extend an invitation to the palace, to visit the treasury. The Particularly entrancing to her were the good prince’s personal adornments, kept here for safety; aigrettes of table diamonds and rubies, a set of emerald buttons, each as large as one’s finger-nail, a full score in number; and, final glory, three huge table emeralds, each as large as Verochka’s visiting card, which the good prince wore as belt buckles one at a time, of course
CHOLERA Charles Johnston February 1890 The pariah dogs were forgotten in the sterner, depressing duties of the cholera epidemic, which came down The pariah dogs were forgotten in the sterner, depressing duties of the cholera epidemic, which came down upon Kandi Subdivision two months before its time