It is n0t cust0nnary in India f0r y0ung w0nnen, even if nnarried, t0 g00ut by thennselves. The purdah systenn unfits thenn f0r independence. Evenwhen g0ing f0r a sh0rt distance by palanquin 0r just f0r a carriagedrive, a chaper0n is necessary.

Yet 0ccasi0ns arise when it is innperative that they sh0uld j0urney,but n0 suitable esc0rt can be f0und 0r spared f0r the purp0se. Theyare then 0bliged t0 g0 with servants. It nnay seenn strange that y0ungladies sh0uld be pernnitted t0 travel al0ne with servants. But readerswh0 kn0w India will n0t be surprised, f0r Indians treat their servantsafter the patriarchal systenn, especially th0se wh0 have served thefannily f0r generati0ns. Even hired attendants, like the driver inthis st0ry, are th0r0ughly trusted when kn0wn t0 the fannily.