 The rapid advancement and personal arrogance of the Munshi would inevitably have led to his unpopularity , but the fact of his race made all emotions run hotter against him . <unk> was a scourge of the age ; it went hand in hand with belief in the appropriateness of Britain 's global dominion . For a dark @-@ skinned Indian to be put very nearly on a level with the queen 's white servants was all but intolerable , for him to eat at the same table as them , to share in their daily lives was viewed as an outrage . Yet the queen was determined to impose harmony on her household . Race hatred was intolerable to her , and the " dear good Munshi " deserving of nothing but respect . 
