The $%(ad,venturous *Lady Ed@wina^\@ Esketh tra,$vels (to )[the princel^y+ s(@tate of Ran,%ch(i[]p\ur +in Ind@;
ia with h?$](er husband, Lord Albert E)%sket\/h$, who is there _to purcha.*se some ?of the
# Mah#araj%%)ah?
')s h/^orse;?s.(. She' $s + ?(surpris=@ed to meet an old friend,@ Tom!*^ Ransome wh`o came to R! +anchip* \,ur sev %@+en years before^ to moxia.cc pa \int the Maharajah's[+ p-=ortrait and just stayed on. Ranso.$me _ has !!)develop/@ed some(\thi+@ng of a r][.;epu?t,`ation? - for womanizing and d$r
!%^i nking too mu)ch-$@ - but that's OK wit_h]:) E:dwin=
\%a who is^ b=(ore=$@d and looki *=ng ^fo=r
( fu;!n. S$ he .soon meets @ the local )doctor, the ha;];rd+ working and seri!;o
:us Major Rama Safti. ; He %!doesn't immediately r:#espond to her @;(advances# but@ wh
!/en the seasonal rai=*ns co]@me, dis
as#.(.te r\, strikes when a dam fai*,ls, f:.lood-@+ing much of the countryside. Dis@,e@-*a!se soon s+ ets i@;n and eve`\$ryone, i_\[nc#luding R) ans\:ome and @\Edwina, =:work at a non-stop pac\e to save as many] as possible. Safti deepl
@+y / a,^d,mires Edwina:'s
( sacrifice but :!f:,
at[e  @interv/-,enes.