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Then came the madman's march on Calcutta, the horror of the Black Hole, and the flight of the Governor and the Company's servants to the little fort at Falta in the Hughli below Calcutta. Communications were entered upon between Governor Drake in Falta Island and Hastings at Murshidabad with a view to coming to terms with Suraj ud Dowlah.
That is the application of the Spanish proverb: herradura que chacolotea clavo le falta a clattering hoof means a nail gone.
But even Clive, when he noted a young volunteer at Falta, who seemed destined for better things than the handling of a musket, cannot have dreamed that he was giving an opportunity to a man whose name was to take as high a rank in the history of India as his own, whose deeds were to be no less fiercely battled over, whose part in the creation of a great Indian Empire was to be as illustrious.
As soon as the news of the nabob's advance against Calcutta reached Madras, Mr. Pigot, who was now governor there, despatched a force of two hundred and thirty men, under the orders of Major Kilpatrick. The party reached Falta, on the Hoogly, on the 2nd of August, and there heard of the capture of Calcutta.
So much she knew, but nothing besides, and it was with as much curiosity as myself that she saw the Sunderbunds drawing near, and our sloop anchoring off Falta to wait for a pilot up the river. The Hooghley, famous as it is, is only one of the mouths of that great river the Ganges, sacred and renowned throughout Indostan.
Travelling by night, and sleeping by day in the woods, they reached Falta without difficulty; and, learning that the force was still on board ship, they took possession of a boat, moored by the bank some miles higher up, and rowed down. Great was their happiness, indeed, at finding themselves once more among friends.
Son las mujeres y las hijas a quienes se condenan a sufrir muchas veces privaciones y sufrimientos innecesarios por causa del vicio y de la falta del hombre en la familia.
The mists from the river were deadly, and of the two hundred and thirty men whom Kilpatrick brought with him from Madras, in July, only about thirty remained alive; and of these, but ten were fit for duty when Clive, at last, arrived. The fleet left Falta on the 27th of December, and anchored off Moiapur on the following day.
Now that Ada was restored to her, she determined to leave for England; in a vessel which was to sail, in the course of a week, with a large number of fugitives. Mr. Haines was a very wealthy man, and had intended retiring, altogether, in the course of a few months; and she would, therefore, be in the enjoyment of an ample fortune in England. Among those on board the ships at Falta was Mr.
DON EDUARDO. Qué miedo tenía que D. Pedro no quisiera prestarse a mi proyecto sin saber antes ... y también que el buen Bruno ... pero hasta aquí todo va viento en popa; ahora sólo falta el que Matilde venga, y me dé ocasión para entablar la comedia ... porque si no consigo hablarla, entonces no sé cómo podré.... BRUNO. Pues ... lo mismo que su padre. DON EDUARDO. ¡Malo!
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