" Scornfully the Monarch turned away, and commanded the gayeties to proceed.

F. Marion Crawford describes the gayeties of Simla in "Mr. Isaacs," the first and best novel he ever wrote, and gives a graphic account of a polo match in which his hero was knocked off his horse and had his head bathed by the young lady he was in love with.

Nor was it only in passing gayeties that the cheerful and liberal temper of the people was displayed.