Moreover, each had his reputation--that of General Michael dating from
the Mutiny; the other, a younger and a cleaner record.
It is considered the proper thing to talk in England of the unvoiced
millions of India. No greater mistake could be made. These millions have
a voice, but it does not reach to us because they do not raise it. They
talk with it among themselves.
They had talked of General Michael for thirty years, and all that there
was in him had been discussed to its very dregs. Thus their impenetrable
faces hardened when he passed, their shadowy secretive eyes looked beyond
him with a vacancy which was not the vacancy of dulness.
CHAPTER X
A LAST THROW
Get place and wealth; if possible, with grace;
If not, by any means get wealth and place.
Daylight broke next morning in a snow-storm, and a thin sprinkling lay
over all the hills, clothing them in spotless white.
General Michael was among the first astir, seeing in person to all the
details of the retreat.
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