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Er sei mit seinem letzten Dienstherrn von Chittagong nach Singapur gereist, doch dieser sei unerwartet gestorben.
He had travelled from Chittagong to Singapore with his last employer who had died unexpectedly: this was why his services were now available.
Die Hindustanis werden »Achhas« genannt: Egal, ob ein Mann aus Karatschi oder Chittagong stammt, die jungen Burschen laufen ihm scharenweise mit ausgestreckten Händen nach und rufen: »Achha! Achha! Gib cumshaw!«
The Hindusthanis are by the same token, ‘Achhas’: no matter whether a man is from Karachi or Chittagong, the lads will swarm after him, with their hands outstretched, shouting: ‘Achha! Achha! Gimme cumshaw!’
Im Lauf der Jahre sollten ihr noch viele folgen, in ganz unregelmäßigen Abständen, aus Städten wir Hanoi, Peking, Mandalay, Chittagong, Singapur, Seoul, Tokio, Manila, Taipeh, Bali, Jakarta, Tibet – und von wo noch überall.
Over the years it was followed by many others, at wildly irregular intervals, from places as diverse as Hanoi, Beijing, Mandalay, Chittagong, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Manila, T’ai-Pei, Bali, Jakarta, Tibet – anywhere you care to name.
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