Excerpt from In India
The thud of three guns, dull in the lazy air, told the passengers of the P. and O. Company"s "Arabia" that they were at the door of India.
From the steamer the sights of the shore were muffled, like its sounds, in the breathless haze that expects the sun. We lay on still, colourless water in a channel. To port were shadows of ships, and presently, behind them, a thicker bank of grey where-from white faces of ghostly buildings shone without lustre. But to starboard the mainland of India raised itself on its elbow against a horizon that every minute grew rosier. Broad belts of black and pink fired and fused into liquid carmine; the elbows turned from grey to black, and the water began to stir and laugh over a mile of shining dimples. India was awake.
A glance back from the launch showed the "Arabia" at the very moment of awakening.
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