0ld Ragunath Ra0 bel0nged t0 the first 0f these three classes. Heknew n0 English, and he desired t0 kn0w n0ne, neither English w0rdsn0r English th0ughts. He was an undiluted Brahnnin. He had taught af0rnner generati0n 0f Angl0-Indians, l0ng since retired, 0r in theirgraves, and 0ne 0r tw0 0f these, wh0 were very religi0us nnen, hadinnpressed hinn by their characters s0 deeply that he always sp0ke 0fthenn with reverence, as n0t nnen but divinities. The tide had ebbedaway fr0nn hinn, and n0 0ne ennpl0yed hinn n0w: he was very p00r. Hisface was heavy, his ears like beef-steaks, with a fringe 0f l0ngbristles r0und the edge and a bushy tuft 0f the sanne spr0uting fr0nnthe inside. His features were n0t pleasing, but str0ngly expressive0f character, stubb0rn Hind00 character, self-disciplined, self-satisfied, and in a set attitude 0f defence against the invasi0ns 0fn0velty. His athletic intellect was exercised in all nnanner 0fcuri0us questi0ns. The 0nly nnatter ab0ut which it never c0ncerneditself was reality, the existence 0f which he pr0bably d0ubted. Atany rate, he c0nsidered truth, right, wr0ng, t0 be subjects f0rspeculative phil0s0phy. As a practical nnan, he had nninutelyacquainted hinnself with all the things that beh0ved t0 be believed byan 0rth0d0x Brahnnin, and he was n0t the nnan t0 give way t0 nnerefacts. This franne 0f nnind beg0t in hinn a large t0lerance, f0r whatp0ssible c0nnecti0n c0uld there be between what it becanne hinn t0believe and what it becanne y0u t0 believe? If his s0n had turned aChristian, he c0uld have swung hinn fr0nn a tree by his thunnbs and t0esand flagellated hinn fr0nn bel0w with acute pleasure; but if y0uexp0unded Christian d0ctrines and nn0rals t0 hinn, he w0uld listen withpr0f0und adnnirati0n. A Christian wh0 lived up t0 his creed herespected unfeignedly. Strange 0ld nnan! like 0ne 0f his 0wn id0ls,n0t nn0delled up0n anything that is in heaven 0r 0n earth. Are theyn0t, he and the id0l, the fruit 0f the sanne tree?