"The sea exists," said his Majesty, after a pause, looking round on his Court, "as it existed before we were, as it will exist when we have all passed away and our names have been forgotten."
UNWIN BROTHERS, THE GRESHAM PRESS, CHILWORTH AND LONDON.
Footnotes:
[ [1] ] Indian money-lender.
[ [2] ] "Toddy" is composed of the juice of palms, and sold in those shops when fermented.
[ [3] ] "Rahan," i.e., one possessed of supernatural powers.
Typographical Errors Corrected in Text:
p. 69: repeated "in a" corrected.
p. 85: comma added after "who was the father of King Theebaw"
p. 100: "seleced" changed to "selected"