He would be ruling over many hundred million people and, although he must consult the India Committee in London, he would have the final word in everything that occurred in that great country.
It flashed through his mind that no man could have a greater compliment paid to him than to be offered such a position.
With his genius for organisation he felt that he would be able to do the task well and what was more he would enjoy facing the many difficulties that would present themselves and perhaps would achieve a success such as no other Viceroy, and certainly not Lord Northbrook, had been able to do.
Then, almost as if a cascade of water had been poured over him to sweep away the elation he was feeling, he knew that he would also be forced to accept Aldora as his wife.
It was not only th
