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"Tell her she is free," said Kathlyn

"Free?" calish?" cried Kathlyn excitedly

"Yea, Majesty"

Kathlyn could have ee A

wolish, who could understand, who perhaps could

help! Yes, yes; the God of her fathers was good

Umballa smiled All this was exactly what he had reason to expect

Seven days of authority; it would aed Kathlyn kindly "Be not afraid of these

as I alance at U from

the half s but not uninteresting She had

learned English froue She was of high caste; and far back in the days of the Great

Mogul in Delhi her forebears had ruled here; but strife and rebellion

had driven theht

return to their native state and dwell in peace they had waived all

possible rights of accession They had found her husband standing over

a dead man in the bazaars He was innocent

Umballa smoothed his chin Pundita had not told her queen how he,

U been refused money by

Ra woman He did

not at this moment care to push his ener cared about her; at least, not since his arrival at