Produced by Clare Graham and Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (Images generously made available by the Hathi Trust.) THE RAJAH'S HEIR _A NOVEL_ [by Charlotte Despard] IN THREE VOLUMES LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1890 CONTENTS CHAPTER PROLOGUE I. THE HEIR II. GENERAL SIR WILFRID ELTON III. 'IN VISIONS OF THE NIGHT' IV. A MYSTERIOUS LEGACY V. WHAT THE MOON AND RIVER SAID VI. AN IRREPARABLE LOSS VII. THE RAJAH'S HEIR SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF VIII. THE MASQUERADE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IX. DELHI--VIVIEN--A MALCONTENT X. MEERUT AND THE ELTONS XI. ON THE BORDERS OF NEPAUL--A JOURNEY THROUGH THE JUNGLE XII. A VISIT TO JUNG BAHADOOR XIII. LUCKNOW AND SIR HENRY LAWRENCE XIV. A MODEL STATE XV. THE RANEE OF JHANSI XVI. THE RAJAH'S RECEPTION XVII. HOW THE NEWS FROM MEERUT WAS RECEIVED AT GUMILCUND XVIII. HOOSANEE'S MISSION XIX. GENERAL ELTON'S MARCH XX. THE SOUBAHDAR SUFDER JUNG XXI. WITHIN THE WALLS OF MEERUT XXII. THE RAJAH SURPRISED XXIII. THE SNAKE-CHARMER AND THE VEILED LADY XXIV. SUBDUL XXV. AN AWFUL RIDE AND A RESCUE XXVI. CAPTAIN BERTIE'S FAQUIR XXVII. THE BREAKING OF THE MONSOON XXVIII. A LITTLE BAND OF FUGITIVES XXIX. THE WELCOME OF A SORROWFUL SPIRIT XXX. CHUNDER SINGH'S PRECAUTIONS XXXI. THE ENGLISH LADIES IN THE RAJAH'S PALACE XXXII. NO NEWS XXXIII. CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM THE RAJAH'S DIARY, WITH HOOSANEE'S RECOLLECTIONS XXXIV. GOING THROUGH THE LAND--FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, FROM EAST TO WEST XXXV. A BRUSH WITH MUTINEERS AND A CLUE TO THE FUGITIVES XXXVI. IN THE DEADLY TERAI XXXVII. THE ADVICE OF BÂL NARÎN XXXVIII. THE SHIKARI'S DISCOVERIES XXXIX. WHAT BÂL NARÎN HAD BEEN DOING XL. THE ELEPHANTS' CHACE XLI. WHAT THE MORNING BROUGHT XLII. 'DOES PEACE RETURN?' XLIII. A STRANGE JOURNEY XLIV. MORE FUGITIVES IN GUMILCUND XLV. NEWS OF MEERUT--GENERAL ELTON FINDS A NEW SPHERE XLVI. HOW GUMILCUND RECEIVED HER PRINCE XLVII. IN THE PALACE XLVIII. A LETTER FROM ENGLAND XLIX. SEEN IN THE LIGHT OF MORNING L. VISHNUGUPTA, THE PRIEST LI. THE RAJAH WELCOMES A GUEST AND HEARS A STRANGE STORY LII. GIFTS AND CONGRATULATIONS LIII. NEWS FROM LUCKNOW--TRIXY'S DETERMINATION LIV. COMING BACK TO LIFE LV. IN ENGLAND AGAIN--CONCLUSION THE RAJAH'S HEIR PROLOGUE