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　　The a%-dventurous Lad..`-y= Edw _ina Es#[!$keth tr!avels to$, the princely state o
f Ranchip(#ur in India w+:_ith her.. husband,)+# Lord Alb^;er/.t ; Es[!k^_eth, @:who is th(_ere to pur] chase some of the Ma
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(;ah's h@-orses. (S[)*he.$'s su \r:pri/sed to)
 +]meet a:-``=n old %%fr ien;!
d, Tom Ransome who came to Ran`%]chipur?:`^ seven years: before to moxia.cc paint(.
 the Ma %,hara$[jah's po, *=rtrait and just ; stayed ]on. Ransome-)* h#as;/ develop`*ed@ so?mething (o\f a reputat/(ion - for ,\wo.!/manizing and dri.
;_nking too m# `uch - -but that( -'s OK with Edw ina*\ who is%$ bored an-d look[`ing==_ (. f_:?or fun.; Sh, e soon m?@eets th
 e% local doctor,  t--he hard w 
orkin\@g and serious Major,#[ R@ama Safti. H//;e doesn't^ immediately respond =to ,he-r advances but when(-/ the]- season#-#a:+l rains c#)o
me,;\ [ disaster% ?strike_]s when)
( a%,= da [m fails, flooding m (uch o. f t +?!he c\.[(@ountryside. Disea;#se soon sets ^\in an]d ev*^^eryone, including -\ Ra_#]nsome and Edwina, work at :^a non-=-^stop pace [/[to sa*?ve as many/, as p^/ %os -si[(ble. S_af-ti deeply admires Edw]:/ina*'!s sacrifice *but? ! f`^ate ! intervenes.