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Chapters (53)
  1. Cover
  2. Khushwant Singh
  3. COLLECTED NOVELS
  4. Books by the Same Author
  5. Introduction
  6. Train to Pakistan
  7. Dedication
  8. Dacoity
  9. Kalyug
  10. Mano Majra
  11. Karma
  12. I Shall Not Hear The Nightingale
  13. Dedication
  14. Please Read This Note Before Reading the Novel
  15. Characters in the Story
  16. Chapter I
  17. Chapter II
  18. Chapter III
  19. Chapter IV
  20. Chapter V
  21. Chapter VI
  22. Chapter VII
  23. Chapter VIII
  24. Chapter IX
  25. Chapter X
  26. Chapter XI
  27. Chapter XII
  28. Chapter XIII
  29. Delhi
  30. Dedication
  31. Delhi
  32. Lady J.H.T.
  33. Bhagmati
  34. Musaddi Lal
  35. Bhagmati
  36. The Timurid
  37. Bhagmati
  38. The Untouchables
  39. Bhagmati
  40. Aurangzeb Alamgir: Emperor of Hindustan
  41. Bhagmati
  42. Nadir Shah
  43. Bhagmati
  44. Meer Taqi Meer
  45. Bhagmati
  46. 1857
  47. Bhagmati
  48. The Builders
  49. Bhagmati
  50. The Dispossessed
  51. Bhagmati
  52. A Note from the Author
  53. Footnotes

George Atkins did not know the first thing about making love—I mean full twenty shillings to the pound worth of love. No sooner he put his thing in, he was finished. He worked himself up for a second bout. This time he was very rough; he bit my breasts, dug his nails into my poor bottom and rammed away as hard as he could. As he was about to come, I screamed, ‘You are killin’ me darling’!’ He lunged away and with a great ‘whoa’ spent himself. I pretended I had come and was exhausted. He looked like St George who had slain his first dragon. He turned very gentle: ‘Did I hurt you, dear? Do forgive me.’ Hurt me? My foot! I replied in my most tired voice, ‘No, darling, you did not hurt me. You just did me in. It was wonderful. Thank you, thank you, thank you.’ George Atkins looked as if his salary had been doubled and he had scored a century at a cricket match. He lay beside me tapping his chest as if it were full of gold medals. I began to play with his nipples till they became hard. I kissed his paunch and stuck my nose in his navel. I could see his member was a sorry state of dejection. I ran my fingers in his fuzzy red pubic hair and gently played with his whatnot. It began to stir like a snake in a snake charmer’s basket. Then I applied my tongue to it till it was fully revived. It was quite a size. I came over him and took him between my thighs. I wanted him to have a night he would remember as long as he lived. ‘I expect it’s the Indian in you which makes you such a superb lover,’ he said crossing his arms behind my back. I didn’t like that and told him so. ‘No Georgie dearie,’ I told him, ‘there is nothing Indian about yours sincerely. I am as pucca as you: one hundred per cent British and proud of it. Now promise me one thing. You must get Alec a job some place up country. God promise?’ I kissed him and wiggled my middle on him. I looked directly into his eyes and asked: ‘Do I have your word?’ He tried to look away, but I held his head in my hands. ‘Promise! I’ll make it worth your while,’ I assured him. ‘I will do my best,’ he replied. That was enough. I glued my mouth to his, ran my tongue in his mouth and worked on him till both of us were like two animals: biting, clawing, drawing blood. We almost killed each other in the final act. This time it was, as they say in an attorney’s office, ‘Signed, sealed and delivered.’ His syce drove me home at 3 a.m.