I ordered the bearers to turn round, and proceeded instantly to the house of the Commandant.

I was not long detained here.
Nothing can be well imagined more expeditious than the administration of justice in this country, when the judge is a Colonel, and the plaintiff a Councillor.

I told my story in three words.

In three minutes the rioters were marched off to prison, and my servant, with a sepoy to guard him, was fairly on his road and out of danger." Early next morning Macaulay began to descend the pass.
"After going down for about an hour we emerged from the clouds and moisture, and the plain of Mysore lay before us--a vast ocean of foliage on which the sun was shining gloriously.

I am very little given to cant about the beauties of nature, but I was moved almost to tears.