Rosa Mundi and Other Stories

had once been a paradise, when a certain young officer belonging to the regiment of Sikhs then stationed in Ghantala had taken

the bungalow, had set out in the worst fury of the storm to find her husband, who was on duty up at the cantonments. She had been drowned close to the bungalow in a ranging brown torrent whic

o Englishman desired it. For it was well away from the cantonments, nearer than any other Europea

, for Ghantala was a cheerful station, and its inhabitants preferred cheerful dwelling-

come Hope and

earth. Her twin-brother, Ronald Carteret, was the youngest subaltern in his battalion, and for

ovelty of which he could never tire. He was engaged upon a book of Indian mythology, and he was often away from home for the purpose of research. B

im, had woven a spell to keep the evil spirits at a distance. It was known that he was in constant communication with nat

curly. This also seemed to discourage the evil ones. So at length it a

er she idolized outweighed every other consideration. The colonel's wife, Mrs. Latimer, was very kind

n upon Hope, after nearly eight happy months, that her position was one of considerable