Maryse & JF. Charles 2. When the Monsoon Returns g “ [‘ i'rFirst polished in 2012 by OM (Om Books lacernationsl ‘Corporate Edi Office: 12, Sector 4 Nos 201 30%, ttar Pradesh nai. Phone: $1-120477 4100 Website: wwateombzcksinterrstsne.osm Sales Office: 4370486, Prakash House, Aner load Darys Gan, New Betni- 119002, nd Phone! =91-11-2308 3989, 7306908 Ema saleszombeoks.com ‘Website: wewomneks com English Trenslaion ky Rohini Rangechart English Tancaton & Or Books imerations © Casterman Et one {All sights reserved. No part ofthis book may be reproduced in ay form ot by electronic ot mechanical meansincloding ‘formation starege and renal systema without permission in ving fro the publenerexcept by 2 ravewer whe may quots br af passages ina review Pubishes pursuant to egfeemen: with Catterman Editions. Isp: sressecoro094 Printed by Paras Ofeot Pt, Lt, IndiEE dl Ay 1945.0 te way frm Dee ob oa root Is suffocating her! Aer aN "Thnow how tiresome “havif you vone to dcover this wip is for Inca you have to tackle i wih innocence!ins and no Indan for ‘an Englishman![Tare a bit worried abut the ile) co : | Only he can ey hae realyRET ‘When my father wos relieved. wos sent to Engond [A toreceive avery sit education. No eterna ners fl For al these years They wanted cut me of Fromm ny rots to make me te next dacle maker fal sujet of Her Highness the Queen! Emy! 1am the king ofthis State but [J || Moster?/There is no one ere! ‘Fandened? The eter receved {cant make mysef known unless we The heuse scems to have 1195 courieed less thon o year oo |] keno viot became of Dorma Singh been abandoned for yearst god ts certanly the adres, ‘and Ametia! j] thot Mr Losther hed mentioned! Where oe ve gang ig to spend the night? The senersBlng foil and ary od sa Dey owner the esp fo handing ledge four father, our beloved Mature? We ent ‘oomTeis said thet sometimes, to drink Jorawl?| would | keto go inside. I aide recon to scare you, Ey! LL[ "Buc found a car and picked op some nforoven abort Mec Lowther fom the ck *‘Mr Lowther was forbidden fom teaching by the British who ‘mentioned hs. hur. his este. No one knows where he fives now butt seems that he sil spends his ‘summers in Srinagar, Bl Komola...1hars what my raae Yes... remember... Your Be father cole you, Ey. ewes an avatar ‘of Gonesh! Only you and Kenneth Lowther had the preg of seeing father ond the princess ho used to abiays see on an clephant Like, in a dream mg retans a fgment of Tart ho the ae Setslowte | smolerontspood confit. In short.o lost, outsider inthe scale of the Incan empire. Euhl_And when had the princess ‘oppeared to anther? eisalmerOn the way back, we thee | “saw the miro aftAmelio?! | was very con that you sce this palace, ‘Su, ne must be able ‘sure de truth! Enmy2tYou are nat pong to do G) thet ogain?!‘Amelie! Your decision wil be mine but First let me tel you this story. — gin secon! 1 beg your to us love comes within the religous and secred context. know that we vil all dle ond ‘hat together, we wil ‘accomplish great things. ‘All this i going t00 fast! Wey to fat! ca ‘omnan wnite Dey escape sman condition Their sous are based an the ners soln the cosmic energy Which es We T Since time immemorial ‘A true love story s something ye hee Been searching ‘exceptional! Each human being hos for each ther! f) —acorresponcing halt must be recognised ogain ond againT THatk «good open Ek Maborens ral peck fr You er confang me Your hedcAmea! sl bud spas oo yoo Fastin eh your feoion nd be oa tired. want to rest, ‘awhile, You are forgetingThomes! | | | diemmmal!Thamas soved my ie but I could’ protect hy "Thi canna bel And Themvas? ea fcuk Wes 7] [She prediced thot al five of us ould be connected forever to ‘ensure the endurance of KholerSeger Kasi, £ Europeans: ied oy Fe Hi hd ore confortable 10 seed ¢ - summer inthe fet ole ofthe Himaoyes Many wre aten bythe romantic sie Corl anti oes of sine So, the English built | Kes red is ee a Tse ond iad wiccc OE 5 ingenISSGGoni Butt! ‘Save your breath, Emy, and tty con Wear ot re ee ‘i » obi! Bt he Crag || Porto=| The hotetboat! Ie our Hur ts tme to use our nly chance! good olf Brtsh eduction! Ill = a | | fry ll ye ‘aie aE here [Ti ot iar re vag bck the menymokes We be per of treTid the cobra man Fe myured That Yes! Thats the ane ime in Londen most ely his Engichorn in fio wanted t reat righthand man ceshopet Mr Losthers housebact.. = atc connecien bebvecn these MMM Gane tory 0 communist, Me Lather ond us?) see orca beaveen Chin, the USSR and my coun. Aca es, thoyiere the contre I ofall orms deals of ‘all conspiracies. We live atthe end of an era, Em... We, ather Indians, despite our dferences, hope forthe departure of he Bets Bao ts ted of 1 colonise unites ws. AblThe era of the Maharojs already | seems outdated! | should never have Don't say that! ‘hagged you into this adventure, Despite these aa —Pock yor bogs.,.\We have to Teavel And fast) Don't be scared! He is ‘ate nanny! No one is os dstrusting and conscientious! He wil fend up finding us. They Killed the beootsmen' They can came book ony moment ‘My God! Leave?! But where to? And Asaf Jak?! fl | Jerovlt! Do you remember when, vith ‘Me. Lowther we tried = to make words from Tettershidder in text! [Truth ond Dare. He | resecuser | ‘gomes...Euh! I ean't tee anything. And like: “| treed egnah paneled Certain letters ore more stressed Oh tle eompe Tie] ‘A Buddhist monastery lke the ‘one painted on the box that 7p | Aon the small monkey gove you! }“Apapermache bor and a lerary game! Were we Might I embaring on this to the end ofthe earth wth such vogue dues?! ‘And I don't like the look of| that chickenWhat’ going on? This dou of dust puzzles them that much?! Tribe git seron ane ack a ren on te Ber ropne of Lada and debs, Zonsharnd its this one! We cannot stay here. You willjamp first, ofter this turning as soen as tll you.Delve re, but ta refse would upset ther. They have 4] Hewitt prey |e “foryou!” [I Tracibtal an woking! Tha haste edocs hart enymor! tsappeared is kind mont cnt en have ‘treo thank hi a guide to get back to Lhokna! He wants you to stand up. Ty Its the lost you could do to show him your grote ft of the gods. Even the love that unites q man and wort© Teli me that | am not rong!HIMALAYA On the way from IN| Nuro to Rizdong. This road doesn't end! || Iidon't understand Mr Louther! Why dd 4 athetst like him choose to escape to tery! Oh! gris! They saw us! They are coming |Chortens! They shelter relcs of veneroble marks! Tonight we wil sleep with ‘ur guide. ‘NolThese are only eacefl countrymen | accompanying a caroven The monastery ‘musta be for!The novices are preparing for ‘the ancl fests! These socred designs ore intended aera to chase oiay demons Taaryornmy dream, cimbig be reoinean an ed ory to ett al i Ichappened five years ogo... We kept ‘this news a secret to protect you, the ‘new Maharaja of Kholapur. ther. That wos the wil of your feter! Though he vas Hinds, he abvays showered us ith generosity . Fad when heleptha woud ne ere in our gompa,sehich he venerated the mos. thats Amcho took refuge.| she zold me 0 give you this packet a We were inseparable! He Hama was wearing travelled 0 nda wth me! Bc hte dress ond ship. We were siting onc huge trunk. ‘Mr Lowther come to |) take his ost breath Ey? Do you hheor met! ‘anier mel Envy‘We have to g0 to Bonares and immerse Amelia's ‘ashes in the (Me, Lowther. The truth... You know thot we are chosing @ ‘mirage... Jaraval..! never includ ‘my mather... [be at peace, we must She eft me t fallow her over | idenufy them... And you ane couldn een wot fe me iy te fo Before dying. mast have ino that oly really dzapponted her for her ‘Mr Lente can help to have rected me lie this us there. When we wuld have clarified ths entre story we willbe in Khalapur..! wil renaunce the throne and we wil ive You are hurting yourself The gully those who robbed us of our childhood, ‘dd so stelthiy rare tre conta ao Portuguese sh Mr Lowther must st “As far as Amel and my father go, we dont ‘have to judge them... hey were in love. ‘Let them be reunited in the GangesThe sacred waters of Ue Ganges refeose Le This Fv fnmgand the dead ftom tore and assure tobe ableto bathe ot eat anced wet dore ind nists tienen Ya nee hele of our es. roar eeeon‘We should have frst met MeLawther. [ti not te late... Tomorra we wl take the fits rin to Bombay. There, we will rent 0 car We cam always come back to Benares later SIAnyway, you know thet Jopan copitloted? ‘Not! The Americans dropped atom wy we alg Crete ota sd me || Herta hire independence. Suikes broke out SHAN | | shoppenngt / unt the decks in Bombay. .OF Course, the Mahatma extas passive resistance but, jeareyngon'de road.--Hindis- le interveneTrarosh ccapottie ) [ tovatt you my story | Sar chiren eee per betderedcond eames et|| | but more torn AEM hove ben kine re ‘Srinogor thot Mi. Lowther |) | 1 found my Prince in a ey fora fong time! retuned tooa, || | ‘Cadac hoo! Fes ere eng for you P Emy.neerieudt how] permed msl tread @ | your mother's diary! | didn't The story stops when she comes back after meeting Dharma Singh ‘and when we announce the sudden death of my father... Tvs proven fet fe Text YP) .svoloving demand Eee h 4 Kast oy fren sthlace tre Tena gone de Suspicions were endeny cost on the ry normaly esered for | | Maharaja We kes the fens tho they glo The Engh td ocvarioge of indian nobles and” | | hod fr your moter.The Enish sorted thse to dedore atte of emergeng. hare | | for tre! The Indians didnot understand = ee, ‘hat one could judge o ving God. @ os courtien become undesirable! sented t subri commie himsclf to an investiga The English cidn’t spare anyone. ‘As for Amelia, she lst the custody of her daughter and the eight to return to her c ashe cay a Topeen fries noes oh was consenting ond Copa | J poineensfartes sence fe HHomon beaceped Dette | | PEM Dene Sings wet ‘of a Sepa .cthere Was ha Sante Cage Tet batts oe hit the Eth fe boyd 5Why do these women do such a stressful job?! Teele fom te Beghning ho Fell a nconan spores root Sesion the Eten Ofte Teo nat cs but ares pope a for Rg ne coud tartcaes abs ‘acount Saga. Ey & not feeling rel The heat the tral... tis better for her to see es nothing Miss Emy, they are o handful of untouchables. Tre gece oned tie te Ereyore Rs pce My Pires le a re Homer ca ioe fe Tidn'e nant to brooch certain ‘questions infront of her. | “gn canenced Bat Coton “Harryson's assassin coal bone of hs ese oes [ Care from the warnor caste, the second [caste the heart ofthe country. Then come business peopl, he stomach thatTeer ed on but they know thee time, 1 would tetably So they sondered mo. | Tee Rojasthan and Fi cough Engish in gompos, ond Catholic I schoo’ of Goa...want you to love me! Why is if so cruel Why must we olvays moke choices?!VF CHasley