India. 1886. While waiting for a delayed train, an English woman befriends an old Indian woman who tells her a tale of love and loss that has a terrible outcome.

Series of plays based on short stories written by Rudyard Kipling.

Dramatised by Ed Thomason.

Lispeth.... Mamta Kaash
Paul Cordray... Dominic Letts
Alice.... Shelley Thompson
Old Lispeth... Charubala Chokshi
Walter Grogan... Peter Penry Jones
Edith... Tina Gray
Boy... Rajeev Mukkar
Proprietor/Saddhu ... Bhasker
Stationmaster.... Lyndam Gregory
Frank.... Colin Pinney

Producer: Adrian Bean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1994. Show less