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Rh brought the old one covered with dust, and sunk in! I confess I lost my temper as I have not done for a long time, and cursed him audibly. If the Maharajah had not been there, I believe I

HIS HIGHNESS JAIAJI RAO SINDA, MAHARAJAH OF GWALIOR

should have kicked him, and run the chance of rupturing his spleen. Here was I, after ten hours' dâk and several days' travel, with my only chance of painting the great Sindia, and utterly unprepared!