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]