Far to Seek - A Romance of England and India

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Far to Seek, by Maud Diver This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Author: Maud Diver Release Date: April 25, 2005 [EBook #15704] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FAR TO SEEK *** Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Beginners Projects and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. FAR TO SEEK A Romance of England and India BY MAUD DIVER AUTHOR OF 'CAPTAIN DESMOND, V.C.,' 'LILÁMANI,' 'DESMOND'S DAUGHTER,' ETC. "I am athirst for far-away things. My soul goes out in longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance.... O Far-to-Seek! O the keen call of thy flute...!" —Rabindranath Tagore. "His hidden meaning dwells in our endeavours; Our valours are our best gods." —John Fletcher. William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. Edinburgh and London TO MY BLUE BIRD, BRINGER OF HAPPINESS TO MYSELF AND OTHERS, I DEDICATE THIS IDYLL OF A MOTHER AND SON. M.D. "The dawn sleeps behind the shadowy hills, The stars hold their breath, counting the hours.... There is only your own pair of wings and the pathless sky, Bird, oh my Bird, listen to me—do not close your wings." —Rabindranath Tagore. AUTHOR'S NOTE.