There are several varieties of payasam, including lentil payasam, jack-fruit payasam, and the rich apapradhaman payasam, which comes with rice wafers.

Isn't that past the crumb-crunchers' bedtime?

I haven't finished yet.

The bone-grubber generally seeks out the narrow back streets, where dust and refuse are cast, or where any dust-bins are accessible. The articles for which he chiefly searches are rags and bones—rags he prefers—but waste metal, such as bits of lead, pewter, copper, brass, or old iron, he prizes above all.