23/31 He was an uncle of Harry's--my husband. He was in the old Company, then he became a servant of the Government, and he was the first to begin the road. You know his history ?" "No." "It is a curious one. When it was his time to retire, he sent his money to England, he made all his arrangements to come home, and then one night he walked out of the hotel in Bombay, a couple of days before the ship sailed, and disappeared. |