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Thoughts of that kind, my Lords, are what give to Indian politics and to Indian work extraordinary fascination, though at the same time they impose the weight of an extraordinary burden. I come to the question which, I think, has excited, certainly in this country, more interest than anything else in the scheme before you I mean the question of an Indian member on the Viceroy's Executive Council.
Although my Swiss landlord seemed an honest and trustworthy kind of man, I could not help thinking that Nina had acted very imprudently in commending me to him. She was the viceroy's mistress; and though the viceroy might be a very agreeable man, he was a Spaniard, and not likely to be easy-going in his love affairs. Nina herself had told me that he was ardent, jealous, and suspicious.
The Cor has tried to capture them, but they are elusive. Even the search beams cannot disclose their hiding place." Hilary's heart gave a great bound. Grim and Wat had not waited then. The Viceroy's face darkened with anger. "The filthy scum," he growled; "this morning's lesson was not enough. This time I'll slay, burn, smash until there isn't a single rebel left.
Over six feet tall, with a slight stoop, he wore the bright yellow jacket denoting his high rank, a viceroy's cap with a four-eyed peacock feather attached to it by amber fastenings, and a beautifully coloured skirt of rich material.
It is represented in the Viceroy's Executive Council by the Member for Commerce and Industry, but its real master and the ultimate authority in all matters of railway policy is and always has been the Finance Member of the Government of India, who in turn has to adapt himself to the exigencies of Whitehall.
With grave and solemn bearing, these representatives of public justice demanded that they should be conducted to the viceroy's presence. He received them in his apartment, advancing to meet them with a kindly greeting. "What do you desire, friends? You know I am always glad to hear the wishes of the people as pronounced by you, their representatives."
'Surely these fellows who wrote this had never heard of me. 'Of course they had not, further than you were on the Viceroy's staff; but is not that ample warranty for profligacy?
Monsieur Cochelet, we were told, had had a letter from Rattimenton, violently exclaiming against the Viceroy's order, by which he had been compromised, adding that he had warmly protested to Sherif Pasha against his complying with His Highness' order.
For the rest, the dwellers in the City of Pines must surrender their wealth into the treasury of the viceroy, and they themselves, men, women and children, shall be led from the city and be distributed according to the viceroy's pleasure upon the estates of such of the Spanish settlers as he may select, there to learn the useful arts of husbandry and mining.
"Out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation," and it would be impossible to imagine a more splendid setting for a great pageant. Some one on the Viceroy's staff must have had a great gift for stage-management, for every detail had been carefully thought out.
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