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Already he was reconciled to Ranga Duar. In the pleasant light of the morning the little outpost looked as charming to Wargrave as it had done on the previous evening. Above Ranga Duar the mountains towered to the pale blue sky, while below it the foot-hills fell in steps to the broad sea of foliage of the great forest stretching away to the distant plains seen vaguely through the haze.
From her brother she learned by chance that he was alone in Ranga Duar, the only news that she had had of him for a long time.
On their way up the steep road from his bungalow the Political Officer spoke of the great forest below them and the sport to be found in it. Then he said: "It's lucky you like shooting, Wargrave, for Ranga Duar is very isolated and life in it dull to a person who has no resources. Still, it has its advantages, and chief among them is the climate.
I came across India by myself to get here; and surely I'll be able to manage to do a twenty-four hours' journey alone." "Very well, dear," he replied with an inward, unacknowledged feeling of relief that the decisive step had not to be taken yet. "I'll come down from Ranga Duar with an elephant to meet you at the railway station when you arrive.
This was his place of exile this was Ranga Duar. "What a beautiful spot!" thought Frank as he gazed entranced at the scenery. "I've never seen anything like it. It looks like Heaven after the ugliness of Rohar. And how delightfully cool it is, too, up in the mountains! Well, with this climate and good shooting in the forest below life won't be as dreadful as I thought.
He sprang up as a tall man with handsome, clear-cut features, dark complexion and eyes, and close-cropped black hair touched at the temples with grey, entered the room. With a pleasant smile the newcomer walked towards the subaltern with outstretched hand, saying in a friendly voice: "Glad to welcome you to Ranga Duar, Wargrave."
When Wargrave reached Ranga Duar the little outpost seemed strangely forlorn without the Dermots and their children. Major Hunt and Macdonald welcomed him warmly.
The reason of the existence of this outpost and its garrison was the guarding of the duars, or passes, through the Himalayas against raiders from Bhutan, that little-known independent State lying between Tibet and the Bengal border. Its frontier was only two miles from, and a few thousand feet above, Ranga Duar.
Francis Day, chief factor of the English there, by Sri Ranga Raya VI. in March 1639, the king being then resident in Chandragiri. The first English factory at Madras had been established in 1620. The Story of Barradas
That hurts. I respect him." "But where is this place they're sending you to?" she asked. "Ranga Duar? I don't know. Eastern Bengal, I believe." "Bengal. What? Anywhere near Calcutta?" "No; it must be somewhere up on the frontier. Otherwise they wouldn't send Military Police to garrison it." "But what is it like? Is it a big station?" she persisted. "I can't tell you. But it's sure not to be.
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