Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross), 1885-1959 / 2008-07-23 00:00:00

EBOOK THE NATIVE BORN ***


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THE NATIVE BORN
or
THE RAJAH'S PEOPLE

by
I. A. R. WYLIE
1910

with Illustrations by
JOHN NEWTON HOWITT


PREFACE

In earlier days a preface to a novel with no direct historical source
always seemed to me somewhat out of place, since I believed that the
author could be indebted solely to his own imagination. I have learned,
however, that even in a novel _pur sang_ it is possible to owe much to
others, and I now take the opportunity which the despised preface offers
to pay my debt--inadequately it is true--to Mr. Hughes Massie, whose
enthusiastic help in the launching of this, my first serious literary
effort, I shall always hold in grateful remembrance.
I. A. R. W.
May 9th, 1910


CONTENTS

BOOK I
CHAPTER
I WHICH IS A PROLOGUE
II THE DANCING IS RESUMED
III NEHAL SINGH
IV CIRCE
V ARCHIBALD TRAVERS PLAYS BRIDGE
VI BREAKING THE BARRIER
VII THE SECOND GENERATION
VIII THE IDEAL
IX CHECKED
X AT THE GATES OF A GREAT PEOPLE
XI WITHIN THE GATES
XII THE WHITE HAND
XIII THE ROAD CLEAR
XIV IN WHICH MANY THINGS ARE BROKEN
XV THE GREAT HEALER
XVI FATE
XVII FALSE LIGHT

BOOK II
I BUILDING THE CATHEDRAL
II CATASTROPHE
III A FAREWELL
IV STAFFORD INTERVENES
V MURDER
VI CLEARING AWAY THE RUBBISH
VII IN THE TEMPLE OF VISHNU
VIII FACE TO FACE
IX HALF-LIGHT
X TRAVERS
XI IN THE HOUR OF NEED
XII HIS OWN PEOPLE
XIII ENVOI


THE NATIVE BORN


BOOK I


CHAPTER I
WHICH IS A PROLOGUE

The woman lying huddled on the couch turned her face to the wall and
covered it with her hands in a burst of uncontrollable horror.
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