She had no memory, whatever, of her parents, and had already a very strong affection for Mrs.Holland.She liked the ranee very much also, and the absence of all state and ceremony, in the household of the Rajah, was to her delightful.

She was already on good terms with the boys; and as to Dick, she was always ready to go out with him, if he would take her, to run messages for him, or to do anything in her power; and, indeed, watched him anxiously, as if she would discover and forestall his slightest wish.
"One would think, Annie," he said one day, "that you were still a slave, and that I was your master.

I don't want you to wait on me, child, as you waited on the ladies of the harem.

However, as I shall be going away in a few days now, it does not matter; but I should grow as lazy as a young rajah, if this were to go on long." "What shall I do when you go away, Dick ?" "Well, I hope that you will set to work, hard, to learn to read and write, and other things my mother will teach you.

You would not like, when you find your own people, to be regarded by girls of your own age as an ignorant little savage; and I want you to set to, and make up for lost time; so that, if you are still here when I come back, I shall find you have made wonderful progress." "Oh, I do hope I sha'n't be gone before that, Dick!" "I am afraid you must make up your mind to it, Annie, for there is no saying how long I may be away next time.