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when he was only ten months old, he used to put his arms round his neck, and kiss him, or stroke his swarthy cheek with his delicate hand.

When Henry was carried to the lady's house, Boosy went with him, and for some years the little child had no other friend than his bearer. Boosy never left his choota sahib,[1] except for two hours in the twenty-four, when he went to get his khauna.[2] At night he slept on his mat at the foot of the child's

  1. Little master.
  2. Food.