The syce invited us to descend but we felt several degrees more comfortable in our gharri in that multitude. |
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He recalls that his company maintained horse would be presented to him, saddled and bridled, outside his bungalow each morning by his syce. |
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Even the clergy were not immune: at Selbourne, the Reverend Gilbert White entertained guests dressed as a shepherd and had an old syce, Harry, don a false beard and pretend to be a hermit. |
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We have not been able to get a good syce for our animal, and have had to make do with a young and inexperienced fellow. |
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But apart from the story of the havildar, my own syce, a hillman who attends my pony, has actually seen two ghosts, with one of whom he held a long conversation. |
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