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An hour later he came to the door of the zenana. "What is it, Poomba?" he asked; "nothing the matter with Miss Hannay, I hope?" "I grieve to say, your highness, that she has been seized with some terrible disease. I know not what it is, for never did I see a woman so smitten.
"What does it matter about her now that she is harmless?" Poomba said scornfully. Being, however, desirous of pleasing Rabda, she went away and brought a pot of ointment, which the girl applied to the sores, the tears falling down her cheeks as she did so. The salve at once afforded relief from the burning pain, and Isobel gratefully took a drink prepared from fresh limes.
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