![]() He pays Rajkumar to take Mathew to a festival. One holiday, Saya John introduces his son, Mathew. When he and Rajkumar talk, Saya John reveals that he was raised by Catholic priests in Malacca. Saya John speaks Hindustani but is not from India and makes his living delivering supplies to the teak camps. One morning, he meets Saya John, Ma Cho’s occasional lover. Due to Rajkumar’s Indian heritage, he will not be allowed inside. While working on the stall, Rajkumar becomes fascinated by the Glass Palace inside the citadel and asks Ma Cho repeatedly about the royal family who live within. When Ma Cho discovers that Rajkumar is an orphan, she agrees to give him a job. After sailing to the city on a sampan, he is told to find work with Ma Cho, who runs a food stall near the palace. Rajkumar, an 11-year-old Indian boy in Burma, is the only person in Mandalay to recognize the sound of cannon fire approaching the city. ![]()
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