To the Memory of

MY FATHER

A true gentleman, brave, upright, faithful; who after many long
years of devotion to duty in India—and when on the eve of
returning to his native land—sank very suddenly to his
eternal rest in March, 1861, and sleeps “Till the
day break,” in The Circular Road Cemetery,
Calcutta, I dedicate this book.

CONTENTS

Chap. Page
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]