1 HAJAH LALL SING, AND THE SLAVE-GIRL MUNGELA. 159
2 Jewahir Sing, with the troops, was out in pursuit of the fugitive
3 Wuzeer and the Pundit, Rajah Lall Sing personally paid his
4 respects to the Ranee, by whom he was most warmly received.
5 And finally on hearing of the death of his patrons, the Rajah
6 Lall Sing was the first to hasten with the joyful intelligence to
7 Mai Chunda and her adviser Mungela, whom he congratulated
8 on the success of their enterprise and the downfall of the
9 Dogras. On this occasion again he presented a nuzzur of ele-
10 ven thousand rupees, with many valuable trinkets and orna-
11 ments of gold and jewels.
12 When matters settled down into something like quiet, Jewa-
13 hir Sing, who was now acknowledged as ostensible head of
14 the Government, did his utmost to break off the connection
15 betwixt Rajah Lall Sing and his sister Ranee Chunda, and to
16 prevent all intercourse and communication between them. His
17 efforts were fruitless, however, but his intentions won for him
18 the bitter though secret animosity of the favoured Rajah. It
19 was in pursuance of these ineffectual attempts that Jewahir Sing
20 induced Lall Sing to take the command of the troops sent to-
21 wards Jummoo against Goolaub Sing. The Rajah went, but
22 most reluctantly, and the Ranee more than once remonstrated
23 with her brother against his being sent on this service. How-
24 ever, he was not very long away, and on his return in April
25 1845, he renewed and strengthened his intimacy with the lady,
26 notwithstanding all her brother could do to prevent it. About
27 this time it was known to Jewahir Sing, that the Ranee was
28 pregnant with her fourth, or, as some say, her fifth child since
29 the birth of Maharajh Dulleep Sing.
30 In this disgraceful way matters proceeded until the death
31 of Peshora Sing, when Lall Sing seeing that the troops were
32 bent on a bloody revenge, strove diligently not only to avert the
33 vengeance of the army from himself but to ensure its descent
34 on the devoted Wuzeer. He, with Buggut Ram and others,
35 strove by giving large presents to the soldiery, and by currying