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...tually wiped out. This was one of the most difficult, but necessary operations undertaken by the EAST INDIA COMPANY and is considered, along with th... ...important humanitarian reforms of British rule. v Historical Note to Reader The Honourable East India Company ‘It is the strangest of all g... ...her feel as happy as she had been miserable a little while ago. Gavin French, her cousin from the big house: she had seen him on one or two occasion... ... down for breakfast. She breakfasted lightly and then made her way to the strange chaatri of the former Khan’s mistress. The door to the little monu... ...usual heavy riding skirt for a divided doeskin garment (copied from women’s riding fashion in the former American colonies) and knee-high leather bo... ...t English. Helen, surprised said, ‘You speak English, sir.’ ‘Yes, I was sent to one of your hill schools when I was a boy and taught by the good Ch... ...d so; a telegram arrived this morning from the Governor General bringing forward the date of his conference in Simla. I would have asked you to TH... ...ired, aiming at the point just below its outstretched front leg. With a roar of pain and rage the big cat somersaulted backwards and plunged to the ... ...t,’ said Sir James, ‘there is a further setback, which Gavin will now explain.’ ‘Whilst I was in conference with the Nawab and Prince Hassan, the C...

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..., double breasted waistcoat; out of doors, he carried a thick stick with a big top. He eschewed gloves, and looked, upon the whole, something like a d... ...s in their first surtouts, who feel a befit ting contempt for boys at day schools, club as they go home at night, for saveloys and porter, and think ... ...uare; and when they did reach it, they walked up and down, and held a long conference, the result of which was, that it was a very difficult matter to... ...than ever. It was plain to see, as Mr. Bob Saw yer remarked in a style of Eastern allegory on a subsequent occasion, that she was ‘getting the steam ... ...got T om Vildspark off that ‘ere manslaughter, with a alleybi, ven all the big vigs to a man said as nothing couldn’t save him. And my ‘pinion is, Sam... ...ing his firm persuasion that the late Mr. Dibdin, seeing the errors of his former life, had written that song to show the advantages of abstinence. It... ...at his name was Dowler; that he was going to Bath on pleasure; that he was formerly in the army; that he had now set up in business as a gentleman; th... ...e of old crusted port—that at one and nine— with another of the celebrated East India sherry at fourteen pence, which were all produced in honour of ... .... ‘Out of the question, sir,’ remarked Sam Weller, coming to assist in the conference; ‘it’s a cruelty to animals, sir, to The Pickwick Papers 304 as...

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...holding such discourse on the beach, that no more bodies had come ashore since last night. It began to be very doubtful whether many more would be thr... ...e churchyard with its open grave, which was the type of Death, to the Christian dwelling side by side with it, which was the type of Resurrection. I n... ...isit the Old World; I thought of the writers of all the wreck of letters I had left upon the table; and I resolved to place this little record where i... ...nallgo, near Moelfra, Anglesey. His brother is the Reverend Hugh Robert Hughes, of Penrhos, Alligwy. CHAPTER III W APPING WORKHOUSE M Y DAY’S NO-BUSIN... ...the brisk matron up another barbarous stair- case, into a better kind of loft devoted to the idiotic and imbecile. There was at least Light in it, whe... ...whole family of Sprites, consisting of a remarkably stout father and three spineless sons. We all knew what was coming when the Spirit of Lib- erty ad... ...ll knew what was coming when the Spirit of Lib- erty addressed the king with a big face, and His Majesty backed to the side-scenes and began untying h... ...his letter-box be- came choked, and no more letters could be got into it, and they began to be left at the lodge and to accumulate there. At last the ... ...es of orbits, to such an infamous extent that Olympia, stung to madness, actually kicked me. A pretty birthday spec- tacle, when the lights were turne...

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...h betrayed and mur- dered by those who served them, and with whom they had formerly overcome their enemies. Quintus Sertorius was of a noble family, b... ...that the air is almost always serene and pleasant. The rough northerly and easterly winds which blow from the coasts of Europe and Africa, dissipated ... ...r, being also sufficiently assured of his worth and valor by those who had formerly known him, they were desirous to commit themselves especially to h... ... fathers were wonderfully pleased to see their children going daily to the schools in good order, 18 V olume Two handsomely dressed in gowns edged wi... ...out to the borders of the Atlantic sea, sets bounds to our kingdoms in the east, and threatens us with war, if we attempt the re- covery of Asia?” How... ...ongratulations upon his success. But when they came to the matter of their conference or treaty, they could agree on no fair or equitable terms of any... ...tched him to Pompey with an invita- tion, that they, meeting together in a conference, should dis- band both their armies within three days, and renew... ...commodation. Favonius bade him now stamp upon the ground; for once talking big in the senate, he desired them not to trouble themselves about making a... ...em. He himself narrowly escaped; for taking hold of one of his soldiers, a big and strong man, that was flying by him, he bade him stand and face abou...

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...man; And that’s how it all began, my dears, And that’s how it all began. — Big Barn Stories. 4 The Light That Failed ‘WHAT do you think she’d do if s... ...25 Rudyard Kipling reputable trades. He had choice of all the races of the East and West for studies, and the advantage of seeing his subjects under t... ... thing,’ he said. ‘I’ll do no business till I’ve seen Torpenhow. There’s a big deal coming.’ So he de- 28 The Light That Failed parted, making no pro... ...ma?’ ‘Ye—es. No. This. Where have you come from?’ ‘Over there,’ He pointed eastward through the fog. ‘And you?’ ‘Oh, I’m in the north,—the black north... ... do exactly the same thing, and know that I’m doing it. Most of the French schools, and all the schools here, drive the students to work for their own... ... Jennett used to say, you’re a trial, Maisie! You’ve been cooped up in the schools too long, and you think every one is looking at you. There aren’t t... ...d the Nilghai exchanged a look as Dick, stooping, busied himself among the former’s boots and trees. ‘These will do,’ he said at last; ‘I can’t say I ... ...Let’s give him a little of both. Get the bellows, Torp.’ At this point the conference broke up in disorder, because Dick would not open his mouth till... ...not return earlier—she would speak to him. She missed the Sunday afternoon conferences more than she cared to admit. All that Kami said was, ‘Continue...

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...of magic–such magic as men practised over yonder behind the Museum, in the big blue and white Jadoo Gher–the Magic House, as we name the Masonic Lodge... ...o the native policeman on guard over rows of shoes at the Museum door. The big Punjabi grinned toler antly: he knew Kim of old. So did the water carr... ...eleased; Contemning neither creed nor priest, May feel the Soul of all the East. About him at Kamakura. Buddha at Kamakura . THEY ENTERED the fort li... ...e half caste guard came round. Ticket collecting is a slow business in the East, where people secrete their tickets in all sorts of curious places. Ki... ...t power.’ ‘ A Red Bull on a green field, was it?’ the lama repeated. ‘In a former life it may be thou hast acquired merit, and the Bull will come to r... ...road together, and it is as though it were a hundred years.’ ‘Perhaps in a former life it was permitted that I should have rendered thee some service.... ...r his treach ery, but for himself he saw one long grey vista of barracks, schools, and barracks again. He gazed imploringly at the clear cut face in... ...dropped into a chair which commanded a clear view of Kim and Mahbub Ali in conference beneath the tree. The Padre went indoors for cheroots. Creighton... ...gious in dry washings and bellowings when time did not press); the evening conferences by the halting places, when camels and bullocks chewed solemnly...

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...his second book even less satisfactory from a literary standpoint than the former (and this is my opinion), I blundered, I think, more edifyingly—at l... ...based upon modern conceptions and all the Utopias that were written in the former time. Our business here is to be Utopian, to make vivid and cred- ib... ...als, ma- chinery, with laws, boundaries, conventions, and traditions, with schools, with literature and religious organisation, with creeds and custom... ...one of those large pictures of coronations, royal weddings, parlia- ments, conferences, and gatherings so popular in Victorian times, in which, instea... ...f thing—” “I see now. Yes. Yes, it’s certainly an odd-looking affair…. And big, you know! Handsome! I wonder—” That would interrupt our Utopian specul... ...he camel, and the elephant may linger to play a part in the pageant of the East. But the burthen of the minor traffic, if not the whole of it, will ce... ... be there, coming and going, and the swift great passen- ger vessels, very big and steady, doing thirty knots an hour or more, will trace long wakes a... ...s par- ticular industry hang on the wall behind us; they are drawn up by a conference of the Common Council of W ages Work- ers with the employers, a ... ...se of the stars…. Years ago, I went from the Nile across the Libyan Desert east, and then the stars—the stars in the later days of that journey—brough...

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...rable laws, was in those days a mere necessity of schoolboy life at public schools; and hence the superior manliness, generosity, and self-con- trol o... ...owper, in his “T yrocinium,” is far from doing justice to our great public schools. Himself disqualified, by a delicacy of temperament, for reaping th... ...ive my vote (and, if I had a thousand votes, to give all my votes) for the former. Fresh from such a training as this, and at a time when his addition... ...” I settled that, henceforwards, it must go through the post office. In my former captures, there had been nothing special or worthy of commemoration ... ...ou shall see Lord Cornwallis; for that man who has given peace both to the east and to the west—taming a tiger in the Mysore that hated England as muc... ...ly from the greater insurrection so recently crushed in the centre and the east. “It is a circum- stance,” says he, “worthy of particular notice, that... ...re will react upon the whole with the power, life, and effect of immediate conference amongst parties brought face to face. Then first will be seen a ... ...Thomas de Quincey “Did you observe,” said he, “that ill-looking fellow, as big as a camel, who stood on the landlord’s left hand? “Was it the man, I a... ... fact, according to the spirit of Dr. Johnson’s itty reply to Miss Knight, big enough for an island. But our transatlantic brothers, dwell- ing upon s...

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...CHAPTER IV FROM MY DISCOURSE with Mr. Lloyd, and from the above re- ported conference between Bessie and Abbot, I gathered enough of hope to suffice a... ... it quietly, and without saying anything she was about to relapse into her former stu- dious mood: again I ventured to disturb her - “Can you tell me ... ...d why do they call it Institution? Is it in any way differ- ent from other schools?” “It is partly a charity-school: you and I, and all the rest of us... ...nge had taken place in the weather the preceding evening, and a keen north-east wind, whistling through the crevices of our bedroom windows all night ... ...ouded with snow!—when mists as chill as death wan- dered to the impulse of east winds along those purple peaks, and rolled down “ing” and holm till th... ... me feel I really possessed the power to amuse him, and that these evening conferences were sought as much for his pleasure as for my benefit. I, inde... ...ed his features. But I believed that his moodiness, his harshness, and his former faults of morality (I say former, for now he seemed corrected of the... ...gether. Sir George—whom, by-the- bye, I have forgotten to describe,—a very big, and very fresh- looking country gentleman, stands before their sofa, c... ...re one, is she not, Jane?” “Y es, sir.” “A strapper—a real strapper, Jane: big, brown, and buxom; with hair just such as the ladies of Carthage must h...

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...ght back at once the little crib, or the watered blue moreen canopy of the big four- poster to which I was sometimes lifted for a change; even the scr... ...eal table for the meals (and very plain meals they were), and two or three big presses painted white for our clothes, and one cupboard for our toys. I... ...LO O O O OW W W W W ‘The rude will shuffle through with ease enough: Great schools best suit the sturdy and the rough.’ —Cowper. AT SCHOOL Griffith wa... ...alt had no business to get into the way. Yet this was a great advance upon former Confirmations, and the Bishop met my father afterwards, and inquired... ...nse of pardon and assurance of salvation somewhat perplexed and dimmed our Easter Communion. For one short moment, as Clarence turned to help my fathe... ...d that northern front door, and later nerves that narrow verge, and on the eastern front had been added that Gothic porch of which Emily had heard,—an... ...HAT A RIDICULOUS old fellow that Chapman is,’ said Griff, coming in from a conference with the gaunt old man who acted as keeper to our not very exten... ...bout the state of the parish, and at last went over to Bath for a personal conference, but without much satisfaction. The Earlscombe people were prono... ...uld do nothing but knit in the long evenings, and was most grateful to her former pupil for coming, as often as he could, to talk or read to her. She ...

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... characters, and families—just as the Joneses do about the Smiths. Becky’s former acquaintances hated and envied her; the poor woman herself was yawni... ...sleep for envy. The gigantic footmen who accompanied the vehicles were too big to be contained in Becky’s little hall, and were billeted off in the ne... ...or the present festivities. Y oung Bedwin Sands, then an elegant dandy and Eastern traveller, was manager of the revels. An Eastern traveller was some... ... Mesrour the Nubian appears, with bare arms, bangles, yataghans, and every Eastern ornament—gaunt, tall, and hideous. He makes a salaam before my lord... ... enough to take the management of her own house. It has been narrated in a former chapter how the benevolent nobleman had given his protegee money.to ... ...of that nature, of course, he said, there was but one issue, and after his conference with his brother, he was going away to make the necessary arrang... ...er way from Brompton to Russell Square, had he been looking out. Troops of schools were on their march to church, the shiny pavement and outsides of c... ...eting of the money had a very ugly look. Whilst they were engaged in their conference, Rawdon dis- patched Captain Macmurdo’s servant to Curzon Street... ...what point—the fertilizing stream of the Pump. In some places the river is big enough to support a ferry-boat, in others to turn a mill; in Pum- perni...

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...ng golden offerings. Re- flects Twemlow; grey, dry, polite, susceptible to east wind, First-Gentleman-in-Europe collar and cravat, cheeks drawn in as ... ... and deftly laid it on a piece of paper close beside him; then resumed his former attitude. The stranger stepped up to the desk, and wrote in a rather... ...g-house of Chicksey , V eneering, and Stobbles. Chicksey and Stobbles, his former masters, had both 35 Charles Dickens become absorbed in Veneering, ... ...represent the penn’orth appointed by Ma- gna Charta. Whether from too much east wind or no—it was an easterly corner—the stall, the stock, and the kee... ... him on the chimney-piece is a Hindoo baby in a bottle, curved up with his big head tucked under him, as he would instantly throw a summersault if the... ...rom being poled! And with a coachman up in front, sinking down into a seat big enough for three of him, all covered with upholstery in green and white... ...sed many pretty tastes and bright fancies, and substituted in their stead, schools, soup, flannel, coals, and all the week-day cares and Sunday coughs... ...ered to the hearthrug and got among the heads of tribes assembled there in conference with Mr Podsnap, elimi- nated Mr Podsnap’s flush and flourish by... ...h, in appearance. I should like to ask him one thing.’ The subject of this conference sat leering at the ashes, try- ing with all his might to overhea...

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...riting something before this?’ ‘Yes; he sent some curious histories of the eastern Jews to some magazine. They are to be published separately, as they... ...ith Lady Martindale; but infinitely remote she felt from that form like an eastern queen, richly dressed, and with dark majestic beauty, whose dignity... ...’s. His sitting-room is the best in the house. The place is altogether too big for comfort. Our little parlour at Win- chester was twice as snug as th... ...ut of a cart rut.’ In the afternoon Miss Gardner, ‘always so interested in schools and village children,’ begged to be shown ‘Theodora’s little schola... ...or years. The evening exceeded even Violet’s anticipations, though her one former ball had been such as could never be equalled. Lord Martindale wishe... ...t Rickworth, which now bore an aspect so much more interesting than on her former drive. The wooded hills in the first flush of autumn beauty sloped s... ...issus. There is not so much harm in him neither; he is nothing but a great big boy as ought to be ashamed of hisself.’ The night passed off well; Viol... ...ep, and perplexed waking thoughts, was a bad preparation for the morning’s conference. Lord Martindale came to breakfast, and, as before, reserved all... ...it to him,’ said John, and without further delay he begged him to join the conference. The plan was so excellent that it only seemed strange that it h...

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...e for every prisoner upon his first arrival there to give something to the former prisoners to make them drink. This, he said, was what they call garn... ...s scarce discernible. Nose she had none; for Venus, envious perhaps at her former charms, had carried off the gristly part; and some earthly damsel, p... ...ffair was under an entire suspension till his return. “Amelia, who was now big with child, had often expressed the deepest concern at her apprehension... ...six leagues to the westward of Scilly, when a violent storm arose at north-east, which soon raised the waves to the height of mountains. The horror of... ... trial equal to my first. It was very hard, my lord, to leave a young wife big with her first child, and so affected with my absence, that I had the u... ...y, Nor poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drousy syrups of the East, Will ever medicine them to slumber. The colonel was at present ... ...y misfortunes, and you seem to be of opinion, sir, that is one of the best schools of philosophy.” “I mean no more, sir,” said the gentleman, “than th... ...d is to be attributed to that noble art which is taught in those excellent schools called the several courts of Europe. By this, men are enabled to dr... ...he colonel, my husband may be led into some suspicion—especially after our conference.” “Fear nothing, child. I will give him no hint; and, that I may...

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...h. Mademoiselle Dinah Piedefer was placed by her mother in one of the best schools in Bourges, that kept by the De- moiselles Chamarolles, and was soo... ... on the north by proposed marriages, on the west by jealousies, and on the east by sour remarks. “And so,” she went on, striking an attitude, “you see... ...I happened to remark a mole on her arm, 67 Balzac about half-way down, as big as a lentil, and surrounded with brown hairs.’—At this instant the rash... ...t least learned the art of war, the reader has learned the art of writing. Formerly all that was expected of a romance was that it should be inter- es... ...ey sat smoking in his scrap of garden, looking out on an evergreen lawn as big as a dinner-table: “What will be the end of us? White hairs are giving ... ...w? Suppose I am dragged away to a bachelor party, and find there one of my former mistresses, and she makes fun of me; I, out of vanity, behave as if ... ... talking with in the boudoir. T wo days afterwards, Madame Piedefer held a conference with the cure of the parish. After listening to the lamenta- tio...

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...th great skill, all day. Perhaps even I never saw him at his best, for his former master sent his duty with him, ‘and if I wished the bird to come out... ... ing down to avoid observation, and shrinking from the window back to its former place, which the wearer no sooner reached than he began to hammer lu... ...the effect of a slight scald— ’so very hot.’ Mr Tappertit looked immensely big at a quartern loaf on the table, and breathed hard. ‘Is that all?’ retu... ...nd Sim, to his daily duty in the workshop, to which retreat he carried the big look, although the loaf remained behind. Indeed the big look increased ... ... ges ture he had made—perhaps unconsciously—towards his sword, ‘is one of conference and peace, I hope?’ ‘I have come here,’ returned the other, ‘at ... ...the builder, it holds the wind, and keeps it fresh. You remember the sharp east wind that blew so hard five weeks ago? I give you my honour it was ram... ... they had been long familiar. Some of the shops, es pecially those to the eastward of Temple Bar, still adhered to the old practice of hanging out a ... ...f was inscribed in pretty large text these words: ‘A friend. Desiring of a conference. Immediate. Private. Burn it when you’ve read it.’ ‘Where in the... ...onnives because of these hard laws; and that we may not teach our youth in schools the common principles of right and wrong; but must we be denounced ...

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...ve you many scholars at present?’ ‘Only seven, and three go into school at Easter. Jem and Clara, wish me to undertake no more, but I should sorely mi... ...d him to undertake the tutorship of his son. ‘I shall not be at liberty at Easter,’ said James, ‘I have all but undertaken some men at Oxford.’ ‘Oh, m... ...garden of weeds he’s made of it, and mine into the bargain! He has a great big thistle here, and the down blows right over my beds, thick as snow, so ... ...ays recurring to the almost monitorial sense of protection, with which she formerly used to regard him, when she shared his nursery. Her mother had cu... ...med greatly refreshed and softened by her companionship. An old friend and former fellow-minister had proposed spending a night at Ormersfield. He was... ...the household should be in more than usually perfect order, holding a long conference with the man of whom he was sure, Frampton. Would that he could ... ...now best!’ returned Charlotte. ‘Mr. Poynings says ’twas a piece of rock as big as that warming- pan as crushed his ankle! and you know—’ ‘I know nothi... ...es it not answer?’ ‘That is just what I can’t tell. Y ou have been used to schools: I wish you could tell me whether it is a necessary evil, or Clara’... .... If we could only see their souls, we should know it. You’ll find evening schools and lectures at Illershall; you’d better take to them, for you’ve m...

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...eat gallantry, Mr. Ernescliffe performed the wonderful feat of getting the former over the tall fence, while Norman conducted the donkey a long way ro... ...g the date and initials of those who lay there, and many of them recording former generations of Mays, to whom their descent from the head- master had... ...ll worse weather and shorter days. As they were coming out of the house, a big, rough-look- ing, uncivilised boy came up before them, and called out, ... ...ng was plain, and all that Ethel could do, was to search for some books on schools. In seeking for them, she displayed such confusion in the chiffonie... ...e on Sunday.” “It is excellent,” said Margaret, “and if he is at home till Easter, it will give it a start, and put you in the way of it, and get you ... ... is thinking about opportunities, they will all go by, and then it will be Easter, and nothing done!” “He is not so much afraid of papa as he was,” sa... ...unior is a hor- rid fellow—he spites Norman, and he bullied me, till I was big enough to show him that it would not do—and though I am so much younger... ... called unhandy, to all his contrivances, and often floundered in upon his conferences with Margaret, in a way that would have been very provoking, if... ... “She need not be so important, then,” said Flora—”al- ways having private conferences with papa! I do not think it is at all fair on the rest.” “Ethe...

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...which required his presence at home, he resolved to go there, and hastened eastwards with all speed. Mrs Nickleby would not be at home, the girl said,... ...or the widow and family 47 Charles Dickens of a man who was killed in the East India Docks this morn- ing, sir,’ rejoined Tim. ‘Smashed, sir, by a ca... ...e conversation which ensued was a long one, and when it was over, a secret conference of almost equal duration took place between brother Ned and Tim ... ...g into her heart, she seemed to have passed into a new state of being. Her former cheerful- ness was restored, her step regained its elasticity and li... ...e Miss La Creevy hid her face in a very flat bonnet, and herself in a very big shawl; and fixing herself tightly into the latter, by means of a large ... ...amask roses, which might be supposed to be so many promising scions of the big rose—to have seen all this, and to have seen the broad damask belt, mat... ... fellow— yes, yes,—he feels that too—it softens him—makes him think of his former misery. Hah! That’s it? Yes, that’s—hum!’ 106 THE LIFE AND ADVENTUR... ...Soizes,’ cried John, ‘thou’ d betther not talk to me o’ ‘Soizes. Yorkshire schools have been shown up at ‘Soizes afore noo, mun, and it’s a ticklish s... ...ut it. Meanwhile, the two seconds, as they may be called now, after a long conference, each with his principal, met together 253 Charles Dickens in a...

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...et by the pursuing party face to face, upon the beach. He is alone. In his former journey he acquired an inappeasable relish for his dreadful food. He... ...d fruit trees, speaking of their lost country far away. See the Halsewell, East Indiaman outward bound, driving madly on a January night towards the r... ...shipwreck, succeeds this dismal story for a win ter night. The Grosvenor, East Indiaman, homeward bound, goes ashore on the coast of Caffraria. It is... ...essing on her dar ling son!’ Again at night he saw the star, and all that former com pany. Said his sister’s angel to the leader. ‘Is my brother com... ...e much for education both in time and money, and has established excellent schools, is a sound, shrewd, healthy gentleman, who has got into little oc ... ... connexion with the churchyard, I suppose, for it smokes a pipe, and has a big hat with each of its ears sticking out in a horizontal line under the b... ... the whipping post, it began to fade out of madhouses, and workhouses, and schools and families, and to give place to a better system everywhere, than... ...we are a heap of mud, with an empty channel in it where a couple of men in big boots always shovel and scoop: with what exact object, I am unable to s... ...ven, a certain evening was appointed with a certain Inspector for a social conference be 113 Charles Dickens tween ourselves and the Detectives, at ...