| Once in the famine time a stranger in a palki reached a planter's bungalow in an outlying district, and sent in his card. |
| At first the uncle declined, but when a palki was sent for them, he and his nephew entered it. |
| And then he bade the men lift the palki with its fair burden and follow him. |
| The wedding party came to a halt at the foot of the tree and some of them lay down to eat and the Raja got out of his palki and lay down to sleep in the shade. |
| The four bearers, encumbered with the palki, could not move at anything like the pace of the Guides. |
| Even in the dark the approach of a palki is made known by the rhythmic cries of the bearers. |
