Owen and Jennifer Tuttleberry, Anglo-Indian friends of Honorine, welcome Digby to the Perambur Railway Colony. Owen, a locomotive driver who delights in his route, has offered Digby a second-hand motorcycle, solving Digby’s need for transport. Digby and Honorine arrive by jatka and note the enclave’s Europeanized feel.

In the backyard, Owen introduces Esmeralda, a nominal Triumph rebuilt with many railway-fabricated parts and a wooden sidecar. Owen promises lifelong mechanical support. After a coached test ride around the colony, Digby is smitten and agrees to buy the machine.

They stay for dinner, where Jennifer introduces her brother Jeb, a muscular hockey player and ticket collector whom Owen touts as Olympic caliber. Jeb downplays the hype, while Jennifer jokes about his cushy routine of eggs, mutton, and hockey.

More family members crowd the table. Jeb pours potent homemade liquor; Jennifer serves a hearty “pish-pash.” The warm domestic scene contrasts with Owen’s self-deprecating remark about his darker skin compared to Jennifer’s, hinting at racial dynamics within the community.

After leaving the colony, Digby passes clusters of huts and notes the stark divide between the enclave and the surrounding poverty. He reflects on the Anglo-Indians’ exclusion by the ruling British despite their alignment with them, and on his own shift from being oppressed in Glasgow to implicated as an oppressor in India, a realization that depresses him.