Gaffer [Winking hard] I am the fakir.
Madhav. It beats my reckoning what you're not.
Amal. Where have you been this time, Fakir?
Fakir To the Isle of Parrots. I am just back.
Madhav. The Parrots' Isle!
Fakir. Is it so very astonishing? Am I like you, man? A journey doesn't cost a thing. I tramp just where I like.
Amal [Clapping] How jolly for you! Remember your promise to take me with you as your follower when I'm well.
Fakir. Of course, and I'll teach you such secrets too of travelling that nothing
in sea or forest or mountain can bar your way.
Madhav. What's all this rigmarole?