Cheery Evening at the Gurkha Mess
Tour to the Pindari Glacier. J. Gore. 1898
CHAPTER XVIII.
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The rains are now upon us evidently, and I just escaped a deluge which began five minutes after I got home. We had a very cheery evening at the Gurkha Mess, and distinguished ourgelves variously at whist and “snookers.” We had hardly got home before down came another rainstorm, which was still going on when I lost interest in the proceedings.