Naraini

_Arre_! that I should live to meet with such fate -- I, Naraini, to perish in the flower of my beauty ....

The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

Naraini had, indeed, no need to cry aloud or clutch his hand in order to apprise him that the Eye was vigilant.

The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

They were to crown you, instead of Salig's son, the next day -- in the name of Har Dyal Rutton; and then you were to die suddenly by virtue of hemp poison or some other contagious disease, and Salig was to step into your shoes as Emperor of Hindustan, with Naraini as his Empress ....

The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

And in his heart he cursed, not Naraini, not Salig Singh, but himself for his inept folly in bringing to India the photograph which had been stolen from him and so had discovered to the conspirators his interest in the girl.

The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

Farrell lost all track of him and was unable to communicate with him, of course, when Naraini chose to strike out for herself ....

The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

Naraini between two guards, in that moment of passion and fear perhaps more incomparably beautiful than any woman they had ever looked upon, save her who held to Amber's arm, a-quiver with womanly sympathy and compassion.

The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

Naraini left for the special purpose of raising the hue and cry.

The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

With a sudden furious wrench Naraini wrested her arms from the grasp of the guards and sprang away, eluding with lithe and snake-like movements their attempts to recapture her.

The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

Naraini, Queen, wife to Har Dyal Rutton, rightful ruler of

The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

Naraini managed somehow to steal away the next night, under the noses of any number of sentries; beauty such as hers would bribe her way out of hell, I think.

The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906