"My lord your brother, like other rajahs who use the house when they come down here, has a room upstairs; in which are kept, locked up, everything required for furnishing the rooms he uses.

Four of his servants came down here, with me.

We had but to call in sweepers, to clear the house from dust and wash down the marble floors, and then everything was put into its place.

The cook, who also came down, has hired assistants, and all will be ready for my lord, when he arrives." In half an hour, one of the servants ran in, and announced that the Rajah was in the courtyard.

There was a great trampling of hoofs, and a minute later he ascended the stairs, and was met by his sister and Dick at the door of the room.
Mrs.Holland had attired herself handsomely, not so much for the sake of her brother, but that, as his sister, those with him would expect to see in her an English lady of position; and Dick thought that he had never seen her looking so well as when, in a dress of rich brocade, and with a flush of pleasure and expectation on her cheeks, she advanced to the door.