41:'Doyoucallthatahat?'Isaidtomywife.

　　'Youneedn'tbesorudeaboutit,'mywifeansweredasshelookedatherselfinthemirror.

　　Isatdownononeofthosemodernchairswithholesinitandwaited.Wehadbeeninthehatshopforhalfanhourandmywifewasstillinfrontofthemirror.

　　'Wemustn'tbuythingswedon'tneed,'Iremarkedsuddenly.Iregrettedsayingitalmostatonce.

　　'Youneedn'thavesaidthat,'mywifeanswered.'Ineedn'tremindyouofthatterribletieyouboughtyesterday.'

　　'Ifinditbeautiful,'Isaid.'Amancanneverhavetoomanyties.'

　　'Andawomancan'thavetoomanyhats,'sheanswered.

　　Tenminuteslaterwewalkedoutoftheshoptogether.Mywifewaswearingahatthatlookedlikealighthouse!

　　42:AswehadhadalongwalkthroughoneofthemarketsofoldDelhi,westoppedatasquaretohavearest.Afteratime,wenoticedasnakecharmerwithtwolargebasketsattheothersideofthesquare,sowewenttohavealookathim.Assoonashesawus,hepickedupalongpipewhichwascoveredwithcoinsandopenedoneofthebaskets.Whenhebegantoplayatune,wehadourfirstglimpseofthesnake.Itroseoutofthebasketandbegantofollowthemovementsofthepipe.Wewereverymuchsurprisedwhenthesnakecharmersuddenlybegantoplayjazzandmodernpopsongs.Thesnake,however,continuedto'dance'slowly.ItobviouslycouldnottellthedifferencebetweenIndianmusicandjazz!