A Bottle in the Smoke: A Tale of Anglo-Indian Life

'A Bottle in the Smoke: A Tale of Anglo-Indian Life' is an adventure novel written by Janet Milne Rae. The story unfolds in the early dawn that had given place to the golden sunlight of the Indian morning. Under an old banyan tree, with its tent-like stems turned downwards and its dense canopy of green overhead, stood a dainty breakfast table. Early tea was over. One bamboo chair had already been vacated by its occupant; in the other, sat a young English lady. Only two months previously Hester Rayner had left home a bride.