The Track of the Wind

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Jamila Gavin. The Track of the Wind

Contents

Prologue

1 The letter

2 Secret love

3 The dividing sword

4 The sparrow meets the hawk

5 The whispering stones

6 The drum beats again

7 Jungli’s gift

8 The nihang

9 Commitments

10 Last star

11 Wishes like wild flowers

12 Knowing your enemies

13 Knowing your friends

14 The first circle

15 The second circle

16 The third circle

17 The fourth circle

18 Truth

19 Farewells

20 The track of the wind

21 The lesson to be learned

22 The beast lay dying

23 The second daughter: Beryl’s story

24 Of flesh and blood

25 Sisters

26 On living and dying

27 Letters from across the ocean

28 The first principal’s wife

Epilogue

JAMILA GAVIN

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Cover

Title Page

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‘Of course I am. What a silly question.’

The violin was her most precious possession. She had been given it in England by old Dr Silbermann, who had taught her to play. Her father disapproved. He saw it as yet one more thing that made her different, and stopped her from being marriageable. It was true that people in the village had stared and sniggered when she had tried playing at home. Girls round here didn’t do that sort of thing. Nobody did that sort of thing – not here. Musicians came along from time to time for weddings and festivals, but when the celebration was over, they moved on. So Marvinder brought her violin to the palace whenever she could, to play it undisturbed.

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