5 a.m.
For myself , I was conscious of an intense , and most unladylike , desire to slap the poor babu . I , who have constantly protested against any want of consideration in the treatment of natives ! As I was the only lady travelling , the guard was much against giving me a carriage to myself , but a man who spoke with authority , hearing us argue , came up and told him to put a `` Ladies Only '' placard on my carriage , so I travelled in lonely splendour . At Assansol , which we reached at 5 a.m. , we had _ chota-hazri _ . Tea and toast , and most diminutive eggs , which we had to hold in our fingers as there were no egg-cups . Simultala was my destination , and about eleven o'clock we reached it . Underneath the trees a few yards away from the little station we found a bullock-cart , which the Russels had sent for my luggage , and a doolie for myself .