Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 69
had, suspended from the ceiling, a silvercouch which was kept gently swaying while heslept or read. Another had a beautiful vine-covered arbor where artificial rain was made tofall, while the nabob sat under a marble canopyin the center, cool and refreshed, with the rest ofthe world broiling about… … HIS HIGHNESS THE YOUNG RAJA 39 cushions were of cloth of gold, and the livery ofthe coachman and grooms was ornamented withgold lace. These children are much loved bytheir grandfather, the Gaikwar of Baroda, thepresent chief. Their father died recently, leav-ing his baby son heir to the gadi. They…
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