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The adv enturous L.# ady Edwina Esketh t,ravels t: o t=#he )#(pri@/:n*=`.c*^ el_-`y state o@f R a)/nchipur , in India wit% h (her husband, Lord Albert Esketh, who is!#( the= r `/:e to purc.has$_`e some of t%!;%he Mah$-arajah's -hors^]+\ e ` @s. She'( s surprised to mee t an old fr!-ien`d, -= To\ .m)) Ransome who c(ame to+ )Ranch? ipur seven years be:/ f ;*ore to moxia.cc paint th(; e Mahar$ajah's por*tra ?it an- d just stay?!ed ! on. $%Ra nsome h.)as$ developed\; so/,(m=*ethi?? ng o/f ^ a ,r :$eputation - for womani-] z#=% ing \) an]d drinking t oo much - but that's: OK with E=%^dwina who is bored,`% a$nd looking f#or fun. S+ !he soon m,e:,ets %.\t= h@_!e! loca=l do))^ctor,@ the .hard w?o rkin g and seri#ous Ma!jor Rama S] )af )ti. $He @?doesn't im* -mediate=%; ly respon$`[d to her-# advances but , when the seasonal rai? ns come, d=/%isaster str]ik[\es w: =hen a dam f[(ail;s@(, flo`,*oding much of the countryside. Disease soon sets in +.@%and [every;o * ne, : @;in.?cl$]uding Ran ,s ]ome and Ed+* wina, work at a non-stop pace )[[to s`?ave@ as many as possibl`@e. Saf#%\ti de;eply admires] Edwina's s# :a crifice b^ =ut f=at e intervenes.