ABSTRACT

When the time of her departure from Punna arrived, .ahe ws. desired to present her:;elf at the palace to take leave of ~ Royal patient, on Wednesday, the 13th of April last. 'l'he Ma~nee received her in her private room, and almost imnlediate1y 9isw jp'ed

516 Record 0/ Events. lEngUih .. oman·. Rniew November 15th. 1881. all her attendallts and ladies, so that she migbt be quite aIone with her. The Maharanee then said 8he wished Miss Beilby to make her a solemn promise. \V'ithout knowing what it might involve she was reluctant to do. this, but at length the Mabaranee said, ., You are going to England, and I want you to tell our Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the men and women in England, what the women in the Zenanas in India suffer when they are siek. Will you promise me to do this? She explained that it was DO social change in their condition she sought, but relief in their cruel sufferings. She charged J\liss Beilby to give this message herself to the great Queen of England, not to send it through any other channel, but to take it herself, or Her Majesty would think less of it.