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S. M.
Yes, your honour.
F.
But I thought that you said “Harmonium by - Mohin Chander Tagore” or some thing like that?
S. M.
Yes your honour, the Harmonium on which he is playing was made by Mohin Chander Tagore.
F.
Oh! That is what you meant! I see.
S. M.
How does your honour like the music?
F.
If you want me to be plain Sabapathy, I must tell you that I do not like it at all; it bores me.
S. M.
I am glad we both agree your honour, that is exactly what I feel when I hear some English music. Sometimes when a band plays, I call it—earboring ceremony.
F.
Ah Ah! Ear-boring ceremony is a funny expression. But I am glad you are plain-spoken.
S. M.
I am always so, your honour. I will stop this music; and go to the next item. “ஐயா!” (to the musician) வாசிச்சது போதும் நிறுத்துங்க. Next item in the programme, is “The Mathermatical Prodigy” — Gopalakrishna Naidu, வாங்கையா சீக்கிரம்.
F.
What is the matter with him? He seems to limp.
S. M.
Yes your honour, he is suffering from Hypnotism.
F.
Hypnotism! What do you mean?
S. M.
He has got pain in the hip.
F.
Oh! I see! What does the gentleman do?
S. M.
Now, your honour, give him any question in arithmetic, Youkiled, allzebra (Euclid, Algebra). He will answer in half a minute. You give him any question in square root, cube root, or any root, he will polish it off in half a minute.
F.
I will give him a question in multiplication. Please multiply (Writing in a piece of paper) 567,928 by 160,727.
G. N.
180 521.
F.
What 180521. That cannot be correct. Let me work it out (working).