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A happy old
lady in Sekar Gutok.
Apparently
she took a liking to me and there was a banging of foreheads, a Tibetan greeting.
She seemed to enjoy me taking her portrait and, after 10 or 15 minutes, when
I tried to give her a little money (she looked terribly poor) she kept refusing
it; finally I managed to pursuade her to keep it. Her dignity and spirit is
what I remember. |