CONTENTS

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PREFACE ix

I. THE RISING OF THE STORM 1

II. THE MYSTERY OF THE CHUPATTIES 13

III. THE STORM BREAKS 23

IV. THE PALACE OF THE MOGUL 36

V. THE TREACHERY OF THE KING 48

VI. HEROIC DEFENCE OF THE MAGAZINE 56

VII. HAIDEE AND HER WRONGS 65

VIII. A PERILOUS MISSION 74

IX. HOPES AND FEARS 85

X. A NARROW ESCAPE 97

XI. STARTLING NEWS 108

XII. WAKING DREAMS 120

XIII. FOR LIBERTY AND LIFE 128

XIV. THE TIGER OF CAWNPORE 135

XV. AS ARMOUR IMPENETRABLE 146

XVI. A DEADLY STRIFE 156

XVII. FOR LIFE AND LOVE 164

XVIII. WITH A LOVE THAT PASSETH UNDERSTANDING 172

XIX. FROM CAPTIVITY TO CAPTIVITY 185

XX. AS A BIRD IS ENSNARED 196

XXI. THE VOICE OF THE CHARMER 205

XXII. THE LION HEARTS 214

XXIII. AS WITH AN ENCHANTER’S WAND 224

XXIV. “SHIVA THE DESTROYER” 235

XXV. THE LAST GRAND STRUGGLE 241

XXVI. THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES SWINGS 248

XXVII. WITH SWIFT STRIDES NEMESIS MOVES ON 256

XXVIII. “THE BATTLE OF THE BRIDGE” 264

XXIX. RETRIBUTION 274

XXX. NEW HOPES 279

XXXI. A DUEL TO THE DEATH 286

XXXII. DELHI 297

XXXIII. A TERRIBLE VOW 309

XXXIV. A SURPRISE 318

XXXV. NEW HOPES OF LIBERTY 326

XXXVI. MOGHUL SINGH IS OUTWITTED 336

XXXVII. HAIDEE Ō STAR 342

XXXVIII. THE FALL OF DELHI 349