A hamlet called Framdurilibasu CHAPTER III On the frescoed maps in the royal palace, there was no trace of a hamlet called Framdurilibasu, and nobody among those I asked about it could help me. I told Hairam that I should search in the library, and perhaps it would take a while. Even though, at that point, I hoped she would give up, she said there was no problem, and she would give me all the time needed. There is no hurry, she added. So, at least twice or thrice a week, I tried sparing some time to look among the archived maps in the temple, or run through the indexes of the atlases, or turn the pages of the explorers' diaries. Even so, though, I could not find anything, and, after a while, I decided I would try another way, asking the traders instead. This way I got the wished-for a

