Still at Lonavla
A couple of my course mates shared one cabin. One afternoon when they returned to the cabin they realised that they have mislaid their key. The normal position for the key was on the ledge inside the small door to the building shaft. They were not sure whether it fell down the shaft also. The shaft was a smelly affair and both of them and their "Man Friday", the civilian bearer were not willing to search within the shaft space. They found that the window leading to the drawing room was ajar and managed to enter through the window.
They did not bother to look further for the key nor even think of breaking the present lock and procuring a new lock. For about four days their routes of egress was the window. On the fifth day the key was retrieved from the pocket of one of the raincoats and the door was finally opened.
The friends had got so much used to the exit and entrance through the window that they continued the same route for a couple of days more, even when the door was kept open.
2 comments:
Dear Ajith,
Even though you had sent be the blog id quite a while ago, managed to read your posts only today. My apologies!
With 23 years service in the Navy, I'm sure you have a lot of interesting stories to narrate! Waiting keenly for the future instalments!
Regards,
Rada
Wonder if your friends were relying more on their sense of smell rather than the eye/sight :) so even after the door was open they just followed theie previous scent to gain entry..ha..ha..
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