... its native princes, and was a land of romance, a land of obscure peril and malignant spells. An enchanted veil hung like a mist over its sacred towns on the upper Ganges, and the whole country, ... great bales of cotton and woolen cloth fromManchester and the West Riding of Yorkshire; and other bales of lace and net, from Nottingham. They weregoing to France and Germany, and all over ... sick and terrified, whenat the mercy of wind and waves. A middle-aged Manx woman was easily found to take Ann's place, and Jane,who was now well grown and womanly, took charge of many things...