“There are people who say that there are no romances in India. They say this completely in vain. There is as much romance in our lives as it should be. And sometimes more. Strickland served in the police, and people did not understand him. So, for example, they said that he is a two-faced person and serves ours and yours. Strickland himself was to blame for this. He held the unusual theory that a police officer in India should try to know the natives as well as they know themselves. And now in India there is only one person who can pass for a Hindu or a Mohammedan, for a magician or a fakir, for anyone. The natives from Gor Katri to Jamma Musjid fear and respect him, and he is said to have the gift of making himself invisible and commanding many demons. However, the Indian government did not appreciate him for all this..." Translation: E. Kiselev