ABSTRACT

[202/1] The curious reader will have been disgusted at having seen (with the eyes of his mind) all the cruelties, murders, and holocausts which were narrated in the last Chapter. But now, in accordance with my promise, I shall enliven and divert him. Six months had passed since the coronation had been announced, not only in Arracan City but in every corner of the Monarchy; and all the Nobles and many of rank, greater and lesser, had assembled.