Travelers. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

      

       By the Same Author

       Novels

       TO WHOM SHE WILL (US AMRITA)

       THE NATURE OF PASSION

       ESMOND IN INDIA

       HEAT AND DUST

       THE HOUSEHOLDER

       GET READY FOR BATTLE

       A BACKWARD PLACE

       A NEW DOMINION (US TRAVELERS)

       IN SEARCH OF LOVE AND BEAUTY

       THREE CONTINENTS

       POET AND DANCER

       SHARDS OF MEMORY

       Stories

       LIKE BIRDS, LIKE FISHES

       A STRONGER CLIMATE

       AN EXPERIENCE IN INDIA

       HOW I BECAME A HOLY MOTHER

       OUT OF INDIA (SELECTED STORIES)

       EAST INTO UPPER EAST (SELECTED STORIES)

      Copyright © 1973 by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

      First Counterpoint paperback edition 1999

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the Publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927–

      Travelers.

      First published in England in 1973 under title: A new dominion

      [1. India—Social life and customs—Fiction]

      I. Title.

      PZ7.J573Tr3 [Fic] 72–9765

      Jacket design by Caroline McEver

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      Contents

Part I: Delhi

       Part II: The Holy City

       Part III: Maupur

       part I

       DELHI