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Now the future had to be planned, for up to this point the maharanee had acted blindly and impulsively—just swiftly—the moment she had realized the supreme danger for her son.

I am the rightful maharanee of Sialpore, only those fools of English put my father's nephew on the throne, saying a woman can not reign.

It was the maharanee who devised the bold stroke which involved undoubted danger yet promised the best chance of success.

And I am maharanee, as they do know, and shall know still better before I have finished!

"When I am maharanee," said Yasmini, "Tom Tripe shall have the title of sirdar, whether the English approve of it or not!"