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ADVENTURE STORY About the author French author Dominique Lapierre has roamed the planet for 60 years in search of great human epics. He wrote The City of Joy, read by over 50 million readers, and made into a major fi lm. His latest book, A Rainbow in the Night, is a global bestseller that recounts the tumultuous birth of South Africa. Since 1981, Lapierre has shared his royalties to support humanitarian causes mainly in India, but also in Africa and South America. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India. It is the highest civil Indian decoration, and is very rarely bestowed on foreigners. 48 Holland Herald TOGETHER to the two London salesmen in stiff collars who had refused to sell me one of their motor cars. One day, an almost imperceptible rattle began to trouble the usually inaudible purr of the engine. I telephoned the only other owner I knew to be driving a Rolls-Royce in India: the British Ambassador. He was immediately eager to reassure me. “I have my Silver Shadow serviced at a garage on Connaught Circus to my complete satisfaction,” he informed me. “I would recommend you take your motor car there.” Dear old Albion! So many years after the pearl of your empire showed you the door, the best garage in New Delhi was still called the ‘British Garage.’ The Indian manager was a retired colonel. He listened to my account with rapt attention. I emphasised the fact that my car was functioning perfectly; the clicking noise was only a subjective and passing irritation, and not an indication of some deeper malady. “We’ll check,” he assured me, with all the seriousness of a doctor discussing with a patient. He clapped his hands, whereupon a venerable Sikh with a grey beard and a scarlet turban appeared. He was the chief mechanic. He listened carefully to the sound of the engine at different speeds. Then it was his turn to clap his hands. Thereupon a young mechanic of ‘lower’ birth, brought out a screwdriver, pliers and an adjustable wrench on a tray. The elderly Sikh gingerly took hold of the screwdriver and buried his scarlet turban in the engine. A few minutes later, a surge of the accelerator confi rmed that the clicking sound I was complaining about had completely disappeared at the magic touch of the Sikh in the scarlet turban. The elderly Indian, I was to learn, had been the mechanic for the Rolls-Royces of Lord Mountbatten in the last days of the British Raj. One day, I fi lled the trunk of my Silver Cloud with all my notes and documents and decided to drive home. The distance from New Delhi to Saint-Tropez is about 10,000 kilometres, a quarter of the way around the world. My arrival at the Indo-Pakistani border was an event I’ll never forget. The men of both frontier posts froze to attention saluting the majestic vessel. Crossing the historic Khyber Pass under the curious gaze of fi erce-looking Pathan tribesmen was a chilling experience. I offered a prayer to Mountbatten that they would refrain from using the Flying Lady, the shining emblem on the top of the radiator, as a target. Suddenly, a large sign proclaimed ‘Welcome to Afghanistan. Keep to the right’. At the wheel of my majestic baby, I soon discovered I no longer needed a passport to cross borders. My Silver Cloud was the passport par excellence. Entering Iran she was to be escorted to our hotel by a squadron of police motorcycles. Turkey, Greece, Italy, France – as we reached home in Saint-Tropez, the milometer showed 10,246 kilometres. The journey had taken us seven magical weeks. Since then, the beautiful car bought with the blessings of Lord Mountbatten has continued to be part of my life. Like an old couple that love has united for eternity, together we have covered many more thousands of kilometres across France and Europe. It is now 51 years old, and I am 78. She is parked under the red tiles of a garage just opposite the room where I have my work table. I have only to look up and glance out of the window to see the symbol of the greatest joys of my life, and draw from it the inspiration for further dreams.
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