Trip To London- 3
Arun and Tanveer gets into the van, waving their hands and crossing the gate of Big Mansion from the van, the watchman closes the gate.
Shehnaaz goes inside the mansion along with the rest of the mansion people.
On the other hand, Tannu and Arun headed towards the highway for Bombay Port, the van was being driven by Tanveer's own driver, Tanveer was sitting in the driver's side seat and Arun also kept the coffin down in the back seat with his luggage.
After some time, he left the city and took the path of the highway.
Their van reaches just on time the day before the ship departs, after taking a break and taking some rest while traveling.
They had only one day to see Bombay, so both of them made up their mind to visited the city, seeing the never-ending life of Bombay, Arun said to Tanveer "Dear brother Tannu, people keep moving here, but why do they push each other to board on the train, we don't know when and in which train we board, it was good that you were together, now we will go back by taxi", said Arun requesting Tanveer.
Seeing the splendor of Bombay city throughout the day, shopping and visiting famous places, both of them walked towards the hotel by taxi in the evening.
Tanveer had kept the van parked in the parking lot of the hotel as it contained a seven feet tall coffin of the commander.
The driver was given a room by both of them in a lodge in front of the hotel.
The day did not seem to pass, the next day they left the hotel for Bombay Port.
The two met Captain Vikram as soon as they reached the port, he ordered some of his men and all of them ran to pick up the coffin of the commander from the van and keep it in the ship.
The coffin was kept in the luggage compartment and the captain took both of them with him to the ship.
He was given a room in the upper compartment of the ship and the coffin of the commander was in the luggage compartment below.
Tanveer was a little worried that someone might open the lock of the coffin or the commander himself might come out, but now nothing could be done.
Shortly after, their journey to London started and the ship left for London Port from Bombay Port.
Tanveer and Arun kept their belongings in their cabins. The panoramic view of the sea from the ship that came up on the deck was captivating to their hearts, as well as the vast city of Bombay, which was as beautiful from a distance as it was visible from the sea.
The captain comes nearby and asks Tanveer "The coffin you have with Tanveer is old enough, is there any special demand for it in abroad, the doctor who got it for research", the captain looks at him with amazement.
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Tanveer replies, "Yes, this coffin was found by Dr. Zakir in an archaeological discovery, before going to London, he had asked my father to send it there somehow, but my father got sick, so he asked me and I was told to take it to the doctor, the doctor had left his research on it incomplete", Tanveer skillfully lied and the captain accepted his point.
Then the captain continued his talk and said, "There are some rules on our ship, you have to come to the dining hall for breakfast , lunch and dinner, the journey is long, if you guys want, you can help us in our work, now just come with me to my cabin, there we will do some money transactions", the captain tells him, pointing to him to go with him and takes him upstairs to his cabin.
There, after exchanging money, both of them come back to the deck, where they start enjoying the sea voyage again, while having a happy moment, they both meet all the staff on the ship and talk about their work on the ship.
Gather some information as well and the first day on the ship just passes.
The next morning, both of them assemble on the deck for the morning parade, after that they get breakfast, after finishing breakfast in the mess they are given the task of cleaning the upper deck, cleaning them from the floor of the ship to the mirror.
As a Nawab, Tannu followed the strict rules of the ship as it was part of the daily routine of the personnel of that ship, everyday they had to change their duties.
If today there is cleaning work, tomorrow you may have to help with the cooking of the chef in the kitchen , so both of them cleaned the upper deck diligently.
As soon as the day passed, after taking a bath in the evening, both of them started resting in their cabin.
"Thankfully I had brought two scotch bottles with me hidden in the bag, two pegs will be drunk every day after work, look at this bottle", Arun says as soon as he takes out a bottle of scotch from the bag, Tanveer also agrees to relieves fatigue.
Arun makes a large peg each in two steel mugs of coffee and both of them start drinking after colliding with them.
In one breath, both empty that big steel mug.
"Ah! The fun of bottoms up is something else, empty in a single sip, then children clap, no need to taste or taste anything, by the way, I have roasted chickpeas in my bag, do you want to eat too", Arun from his bag took out a small tiffin box which was filled with roasted chickpeas, Tanveer starts eating with a handful of them.
Arun makes another peg and mixes water from thermos and waits for Tannu to lift it, Tanveer was thinking of something.
"Hey man, what are you thinking of so much, tell me if there is any problem, let's solve it now, otherwise don't spoil the gathering, get the next peg blown up quickly or some one will come", Arun says while raising the mug towards Tanveer.
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Tanveer holds it by the hand and drinks it in one breath.
Then both together place the steel mug on the bottom attached folding table.
Then start eating chickpeas.
"Brother, enough for today, the rest of the liquor has to be run for the whole journey, your quota is yours after all, just now the journey of the ship has started, we do not even know who is here to gather like our own gathering , have to keep your quota till you find out", says Arun as he puts the bottle of Scotch and the gram in his bag.
Then both starts talking.
"What if the people starts seeing commander on the ship", Tanveer asked Arun.
"What is going to happen, the people on the ship will make their trousers wet and yellow after seeing Commander, that is going to happen, ha ha ha ", replied Arun movingly, the intoxication of Scotch was beginning to affect him.
While talking for a while, their intoxication becomes a little lighter, then they go straight to the upper deck.
They like it in a little open air.
The two stand and talk for a while, then sit down on a bench nearby .
Soon a man working on that ship comes to them and says, "Will you keep talking or will you go to the dining hall to eat food, do you know if the captain's order is that everyone has to eat together, if the time runs out then the food will not be available", Tanveer and Arun followed him down to the dining hall.
After having dinner together, both of them go for a short walk and then went to sleep.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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