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Updated: June 25, 2025
Kinglake has devoted a whole volume to the battle of Balaclava, and four-fifths of it deals with the two cavalry fights Scarlett's charge, and the charge of the Light Brigade.
Nat had sunk into the sleep of exhaustion long before, and now he stood grasping Scarlett's hands in his. "Some day," said the latter, sadly, "this war must end, and then we may meet again." "And not till then, Scar, for I can I must do no more. Good-bye."
"But, dear lad," cried the gardener, letting his hand slide down to Scarlett's biceps, "why, you haven't got the muscle in your arm to handle a scythe, let alone a sword to mow down men." "I can't help that, Nat," cried Scarlett, angrily. "Let go. There'll be muscle enough to thrash you some day." "I hope so, dear lad. But try and thrash brother Samson first. I should like to see you do that."
Indeed, as for great friends I never had but one, and you know who that was, and I verily believe she never had any one as much to her as I was. She sighed a little. 'Your sister is quite a child a very nice child, I am sure, but she is not a Moreland at all. I have heard of some girls at Miss Scarlett's let me see, who were they? What are the names of the ones you like best? Jacinth hesitated.
"Now the Captain, the whole time he was here, never gave us so much as a look. This one says he has read of us." "And why not?" growled the Lion. "I hope Prentiss heard what he said of our needing a new layer of gilt. It's disgraceful. You can see that Lion over Scarlett's, the butcher, as far as Regent Street, and Scarlett is only one of Salisbury's creations.
Ever since he could remember he had been in and out of the Hall at meal-times, even sleeping there often, and Scarlett's visits to the Manor had been of the same character. To all intents and purposes the life of the boys had been that of brothers, while that of their fathers had been much the same.
There came before her a vision of 'father' with his crutch for he had been wounded in the hip and was very lame with the lines of suffering on his face, showing through the cheery smile which it was seldom without; and of 'mother' in her well-worn black poplin, which she used to declare was 'never going to look shabby, planning and contriving how to send the two girls, neatly and sufficiently provided for, to school, when the wonderful chance of a year at Miss Scarlett's had so unexpectedly come in their way.
Then, with the ease begotten of use, they went along the tunnel, up the steps to the chamber, and then along the passages to the great staircase, lying down and rolling themselves over, and emerging to listen intently before closing the opening, and hurrying to Scarlett's room for another wash and clearance of the cobwebs and dust.
I remember how much struck I was with Sir James Scarlett's countenance when he was first presented to me. It has in it such a happy mixture of sparkling intelligence and good-nature that I was immediately pleased with him, even before I had an opportunity of knowing the rare and excellent qualities for which he is distinguished, and the treasures of knowledge with which his mind is stored.
Will you confess yourself a guilty man, and own to the maneness of your nature in concocting a plot to ruin the innocent boy, Will Scarlett? or will ye keep your lips shut, and feel the power of this right ahrum?" "You're all a set o' cowards," burst from Dent. "Let me go free, this minute I'll have the law of you I had nothing to say to Scarlett's imprisonment."
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