“-Holy Mary, merciful Heavenly Mother, why did the devil bring us here and why are we hanging around in this sad country? Tell me, sir! So spoke Melvaney. Time of action - an hour of a stuffy June night; the scene is the main gate of Amara Fort, the dullest and least attractive fortress in all of India. What I was doing there at that time concerns only Sergeant Mr. Gres and the sentries...”