[The Tiger of Mysore by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tiger of Mysore CHAPTER 12: A Tiger In A Zenana 33/36
Some were very costly and valuable.
All were handsome. It was evident that every one of the ladies who had been in the room, when the tiger burst in, had contributed a token of her gratitude. Many of the more valuable gems had been evidently taken from their settings, as if the donors did not care that jewels they had worn should be exposed to view.
One parcel contained twenty superb pearls, another a magnificent diamond and ten rubies, and so on, down to the more humble gifts--although these were valuable--of those of lower rank. Dick's presents were much more costly than those of his companion, and as soon as this was seen to be the case, Dick proposed that they should all be put together, and divided equally.
This, however, Surajah would not hear of. "The whole thing is due to you," he said.
"It would never have occurred to me to interfere at all.
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