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His Honour, and a Lady

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The narrative follows a provincial colonial official whose unexpected appointment to act for his superior reshapes domestic expectations and social relations. Scenes alternate between office corridors, sunlit bazaars, and drawing-room intimacy as local clerks, servants, and acquaintances react to rank and rumor. The plot traces the couple’s private adjustments, the official’s public responsibilities, and the small moral and political dilemmas of administration, offering keen observation of manners, subtle satire of social ambition, and a study of personal pride and duty in a governed outpost.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


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The situation made its voiceless demand Frontispiece
 
“She seems to be sufficiently entertained” 21
 
There was a moment’s pause 83
 
Notwithstanding, it was gay enough 150
 
“What do I know about the speech”! 215
 
She drove back 305
HIS HONOUR, AND A LADY.