ith his daughter.
"Indeed," he added, "after having discovered that my daughter's heart
was truly yours, I had determined to waive any objections I entertained,
should I, on further inquiries, have found you as worthy of her as she
believed you to be."

Reginald was warm in his expressions of gratitude. He felt infinitely
happier than he had been for many a long day. Indeed, all the
difficulties with which he was surrounded appeared to have vanished.
Colonel Ross willingly agreed to his proposal that Nuna should take up
her residence in the cantonments with Violet, and it was arranged that
Reginald should escort his sister there the following day. The colonel
was residing in a bungalow which had been repaired for his reception,
and which would afford sufficient accommodation for Nuna and the few
attendants she wished to accompany her. Reginald would gladly have set
off with the colonel, but he was unwilling to leave Nuna in the palace
alone; he was compelled, therefore, to restrain his impatience until the
following day.

He wisely kept his plan a secret; and when the richly-caparisoned
elephants, escorted by a body of horse, were seen moving through the
city, it was supposed that the ranee was simply going to pay a visit of
state to the daughter of the English resident.

Reginald rode on horseback, with Burnett by his side, and attended by a
party of his trusty guards; and he arrived some time before his sister.
It need not be said that he was fully satisfied with the way in which
Violet received him. When Nuna arrived and dismounted from her
elephant, Violet was also ready to give her an affectionate greeting.

As Violet led her to a seat, Nuna gazed round the neat and nicely
furnished room. "Oh, this is what I shall enjoy far more than the
gorgeous magnificence of a palace, with the pomp and ceremony I have had
to undergo," she exclaimed. "You must teach me English ways and
manners, for I want to become quite an English girl, like you."

Violet promised to do her best; and she and Nuna, greatly to Reginald's
satisfaction, were soon as intimate as if they had been acquainted all
their lives.

CHAPTER TEN.

CHUPATTIES--UNSATISFACTORY INTELLIGENCE--REGINALD, ON HIS WAY TO THE
RESIDENCY, HEARS THE SOUND OF FIRING--A MUTINY IN THE CANTONMENTS--
COLONEL ROSS AND HIS PARTY RESCUED--ESCAPE TO A VILLAGE AMONG THE
HILLS--THE CAMP FORTIFIED--CAPTAIN HAWKESFORD'S ENMITY CONTINUES--
REAPPEARANCE OF FAITHFUL--I