«When Nawaz-saab finally managed to sit down, I believe all three of us considered it a personal accomplishment.”

«Trust Suleiman to set off alone and return with a bent old woman in tow.»

«In an irrelevant hamlet like Namnagar, even our electricity seems to lack confidence.»

“’Haanh? What came over you? What mischief made you become a bloody Muslim?’”

Kapitel 8, The Railcar to San Salvador

«The train was going at ten miles an hour, so it was possible to botanize there on the back pages

«The atmosphere in the train was grim. This was the bottom of the social scale, mainly people going to the