There, characteristically, he refused to be carried on a stretcher, saying he was too heavy for nurses. He walked in with their support.

In Islamic villages below Tengger, however, more syncretic communities still celebrate annual village ritual festivals (slametan desa, slametan tuyo) designed to give homage to the spirits of the mountains and insure the flow of their waters.

Like the others, however, he owed the contractual time to his master, who could sell the indentured servant, along with any debts owed by the servant, to someone else.

‘I’m in love with you, Michael,’ Camilla said longingly.