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 of them forming an integral part of this vast Empire, against malaria, not to mention other tropical diseases, with the details of which you are all, of course, fully conversant. And in this College and on this occasion surely we must not forget those to whose splendid investigations and devoted labours, often under circumstances involving severe trials and great personal danger, leading in some instances to sacrifice of life or health, we are indebted for these achievements. Some have even submitted to experiments on themselves, at the immediate risk of their lives, and in more than one instance with a fatal result. Truly these men deserve the highest honours that can be conferred upon them, especially as not uncommonly their object is to a great extent, if not wholly, philanthropic, and they are guided and urged on by the true missionary spirit. It has been well said that "scientific research and philanthropic enterprise go hand in hand." I cannot now do full justice to the latest "martyr to science" as he has been aptly called—Dr. Dutton—whose lamented death occurred recently while studying sleeping sickness on the Congo, where he had been sent by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, but I feel sure you would wish me to express on behalf of this College our deep sense of the great services he has rendered to the medical profession and to humanity, our profound regret at the premature cutting-off of such a valuable life, with its promising

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 career, and our heartfelt sympathy with his bereaved family and friends.

Bearing in mind the advances made in more immediate relation to the circulatory system with which I have already dealt in some detail, I think that here also we may claim the gratitude and confidence of those with whom we have to deal in practice. I again affirm that by the intelligent and rational use of the means now at our command, we not only can make a definite and adequate diagnosis in all but exceptional cases; but are further able to perform what may fairly be expected of us in the way of treatment of diseases and disorders of this system and their effects; indeed, I may say, to achieve results which were formerly inconceivable, though we must not pretend to perform impossibilities.

While thus fully appreciating the practical advances which have been made, it behoves us in these "go-a-head" times, as a profession, to exercise some degree of caution and discretion as to what we say and do. We are living in an age when the most extravagant and absurd expectations and hopes are entertained with regard to the present and the future; and when any kind of treatment, however outrageous it may be, that promises results which are really unattainable is eagerly sought after and believed in, audacious quackery being rampant and triumphant. Quite recently I have been asked by

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 intelligent and generally well-informed persons, "Why does not your profession eradicate plague, malaria, yellow-fever, and every kind of infectious and epidemic disease?" They do not seem to have the faintest conception of the difficulties, indeed I might say the impossibilities, of the task in many cases, considering the circumstances and conditions of human existence under which they prevail. I am sorry to read sometimes the utterances of members of our profession positively affirming that the day will come when such and such a disease will be swept off the face of the earth. Against such irrational and wild statements I feel bound personally humbly to protest, as I have done on previous occasions, being convinced that they work serious mischief in a variety of ways; and in my opinion we cannot be too careful as to what we promise or predict in this direction. Again referring to the circulatory system, it is extraordinary how the laity seem to be absolutely unable to understand in the slightest degree this system as a complex and highly organised mechanical structure; how they expect us, for example, to cure every kind of physical disease of the heart, however grave or complicated; or, at least, to enable them to go on living, with the aid of drugs or other methods of treatment, under all sorts of conditions; while they themselves must be allowed to do what they please, as regards social life, sports, games, and the like, to pursue

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 unchecked their selfish desires and inclinations, and to ignore every law of health. I fear too that in our own profession there is a tendency sometimes to take up any vaunted new treatment or remedy, without due consideration or investigation, and to employ powerful and dangerous drugs which act upon the cardio-vascular system, as well as methods of treatment of a special kind, in a somewhat casual way, and without adequate regard to the actual conditions with which they have to deal, or to the individual whom they have to treat. In this way immediately serious consequences may ensue; or habits are established which ultimately lead to more or less disastrous results. I have been impelled to offer these remarks on the present occasion by a strong feeling that it is by no means the least important function of the Fellows and Members of this College, collectively and individually, to do their utmost to influence and guide modern therapeutics on rational and honourable lines; to refuse to give the least countenance to any vaunted remedy or method of treatment obviously savouring of charlatanism or quackery; and to exercise the greatest caution in accepting the alleged favourable results of any therapeutic measure, however scientific it may be, founded on inadequate or premature data, and unless they are supported and established by unimpeachable authority, after adequate inquiry and experience on the part of those who are competent to judge.

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* pués de las nueve. $undefined$ tras We came one after the other. Vinimos uno tras otro. $undefined$ detrás de The police are after him. La policía anda detrás de él. [conj] después que Wait until after I come back. Espere hasta después que yo vuelva. after all después de todo You're right, after all. Después de todo tiene Ud. razón. after this en adelante After this let us know in advance. En adelante avísenos por anticipado. to go after ir por Will you go after the mail? ¿Quiere Ud. ir por el correo? to look after cuidar de, tener cuidado de Is there anyone to look after the children? ¿Hay alguien que cuide de los niños?
 * afternoon tarde Can you come this afternoon or tomorrow afternoon? ¿Puede Ud. venir esta tarde o mañana por la tarde?
 * afterward(s) después.
 * again otra vez, de nuevo Try once again. Pruebe otra vez. again and again una y otra vez, muchas veces I'll do this again and again. Haré esto muchas veces.  never again nunca más Never again will I make that mistake. Nunca más cometeré ese error.  I hope to see you again. Espero volver a verle.
 * against contra Lean it against the wall. Apóyalo contra la pared. $undefined$ en contra de Is everyone against him? ¿Está todo el mundo en contra de él?
 * age [n] edad What's your age and profession? ¿Qué edad y qué profesión tiene Ud.? $undefined$ época This is the age of invention. Esta es la época de los inventos. [v] envejecer He's aged a great deal lately. Ha envejecido mucho últimamente.  of age mayor de edad He'll come of age next year. Será mayor de edad el año próximo.  old age vejez Save something for your old age. Ahorre algo para la vejez.
 * agency agencia.
 * agent agente Your agent has already called on me. Su agente acaba de visitarme. $undefined$ representante I'm a government agent. Soy un representante del gobierno.
 * aggravate (make worse) agravar.
 * ago hace I was here two months ago. Estuve aquí hace dos meses. a while ago hace un rato He left a while ago. Salió hace un rato.
 * agony agonía.
 * agree estar de acuerdo Do you agree with me? ¿Está Ud. de acuerdo conmigo? $undefined$ concordar The two statements don't agree. Las dos declaraciones no concuerdan. $undefined$ convenir I agree to your terms. Convengo en sus condiciones.
 * agreeable agradable She has an agreeable disposition. Tiene un carácter agradable. $undefined$ simpático She's a very agreeable person. Es una persona muy simpática. agreeable to de acuerdo con Is everyone agreeable to the plan? ¿Están todos de acuerdo con el plan?
 * agreement acuerdo, pacto. in agreement de acuerdo.
 * agriculture agricultura.
 * ahead adelante Are there many turns up ahead? ¿Hay muchas vueltas más adelante? to be ahead ir a la cabeza, ir delante Who's ahead? ¿Quién va a la cabeza? $undefined$ ir adelantado, estar adelantado I'm ahead in my work. Voy adelantado en mi trabajo.  Go ahead. Pase delante, or Siga Ud.
 * aid [n] ayuda I'd welcome any aid. Agradecería cualquier ayuda. [v] ayudar Let me aid you. Déjeme que le ayude.
 * aim [n] puntería Is your aim good? ¿Tiene Ud. buena puntería? $undefined$ propósito, mira What are your aims in life? ¿Cuáles son sus propósitos en la vida? [v] apuntar Aim higher. Apunte más alto.
 * air [n] aire I'm going out for some air. Voy a salir a tomar un poco el aire.—There's an air of mystery about the whole affair. Hay un aire de misterio en todo el asunto. [v] ventilar, airear Would you please air the room while I'm out? ¿Quisiera Ud. hacer el favor de ventilar el cuarto mientras estoy fuera?  by air por vía aérea, por avión I'd like to go by air, if possible. Si es posible quisiera ir por avión.
 * aircraft carrier portaviones.
 * airfield campo de aviación, campo de aterrizaje.
 * air force fuerzas aéreas.
 * air mail correo aéreo.
 * airplane aeroplano, avión.
 * airport aeropuerto.
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The last and a most agreeable duty laid upon me by Harvey's direction is to "exhort the Fellows and Members, for the honour of the profession, to continue in mutual love and affection among themselves, without which neither the dignity of the College can be maintained nor yet particular men receive that benefit by their admission into the College which they might expect, ever remembering that concordia res parvæ crescunt, discordia magnæ dilabuntur." Who so fitted as Harvey to give us this exhortation at the close of his noble career! Though he could be justly indignant on occasion, his whole life was a manifestation and example of simple and unassuming dignity, true courtesy and politeness, unselfishness, geniality and kindness of heart, and Christian grace and charity. Whatever may have been the state of things in days gone by, and they do not appear to have been invariably characterised by smoothness or harmony, it is a satisfaction to think that we may now congratulate ourselves on fulfilling Harvey's exhortation in a fairly adequate degree. A spirit of good fellowship prevails amongst us; and I firmly believe that we are all cordially united by the bonds of mutual respect and esteem. Moreover, our relations with our working ally, the College of Surgeons, are thoroughly amicable and sympathetic. Thus the

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 dignity of the College is fully maintained, and an increasing and much-needed influence for good is being exerted upon the medical profession generally, as well as in various other directions. With regard to the future position and reputation of this College in relation to scientific research and the progress of Medicine, there can be no doubt or misgiving, when we see amongst our younger Fellows and Members so many who are endowed with great abilities, who are full of energy, intellectual vigour, and enthusiasm in their work, and whose achievements have already brought them into conspicuous prominence—in not a few cases, indeed, into the foremost ranks of our profession. May we not confidently hope that they will also ever keep in mind Harvey's last exhortation, each individual doing his utmost to encourage and promote mutual goodwill and affection, while at the same time unflinchingly striving to maintain the high standard of character and conduct which he has set before them. But should they at any time feel the need of an example, a stimulus, or an inspiration, let them steadily fix their attention and thoughts upon the personality, the life, and the work of our "immortal and beloved Harvey," whom it is our privilege and pride and happiness to commemorate on this anniversary.

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*alarm [n] alarma What was that alarm for? ¿Por qué ha sido esa alarma? [v] alarmar The noise alarmed the whole town. El ruido alarmó a toda la ciudad. to be alarmed alarmarse.
 * alarm clock despertador.
 * album album.
 * alcohol alcohol.
 * alcove alcoba, recámara.
 * ale cerveza inglesa.
 * alert [n] alarma We ran for shelter when we heard the alert. Corrimos a refugiarnos cuando oímos la alarma. [adj] listo, vivo He's a very alert child. Es un chico muy listo. $undefined$ despabilado The students aren't very alert on Mondays. Los estudiantes no están muy despabilados los lunes.  to be on the alert estar sobre aviso, estar alerta.
 * algebra álgebra.
 * alien [n] extranjero There were many aliens in the city. Había muchos extranjeros en la ciudad. [adj] extranjero, ajeno They adopted alien ways while they were in that country. Adquirieron costumbres extranjeras mientras estuvieron en ese país. $undefined$ contrario Such actions are alien to his character. Tales actos son contrarios a su carácter.
 * align alinear.
 * alike igual, semejante These places are all alike. Estos sitios son todos iguales. $undefined$ del mismo modo, igualmenté We treat all the guests alike. Tratamos a todos los clientes del mismo modo.
 * alimony alimentos por razón de divorcio.
 * alive vivo, viviente I feel more dead than alive. Me siento más muerto que vivo. to keep alive mantener vivo.
 * all todo I've been waiting all day. He estado esperando todo el día.—That's all. Eso es todo.—Tell me all about it. Dígamelo todo.—That's all there is. Eso es todo lo que hay.—It's all gone. Todo se ha acabado. A todos Did you all go? ¿Fueron todos Uds.? all alone solo I can't do this all alone. No lo puedo hacer yo solo.  all at once de pronto All at once something happened. De pronto ocurrió algo.  all over Is it all over? ¿Se ha acabado todo?  all the better tanto mejor If that's so, all the better. Si es así, tanto mejor.  all the same lo mismo That's all the same to me. Me da lo mismo.  at all  If I  go at all I'll be there before eight. Si voy, estaré allí antes de las ocho.  in all en total How many are there in all? ¿Cuántos hay en total?  not at all nada I'm not at all tired. No estoy nada cansado. $undefined$ de nada "Thank you." "Not at all." "Gracias." "De nada."  once and for all por última vez, ya de una vez Once and for all, let's get this over with. Por última vez, dejemos esto terminado.  All right. Está bien, or Bueno.
 * allege alegar.
 * allergy alergia.
 * alley callejuela, callejón. blind alley callejón sin salida.  bowling alley bolera [Sp], boliche [Am].
 * alliance alianza.
 * alligator caimán, [Am] lagarto.
 * allot distribuir, repartir.
 * allow permitir, dejar We're not allowed to leave the camp at night. No se nos permite salir del campamento por la noche. to allow for dejar para How much should I allow for traveling expenses? ¿Cuánto tendría que dejar para gastos de viaje?
 * allowance dieta, abono Hoto much of an allowance do you get for your traveling expenses? ¿Qué dietas le dan para sus gastos de viaje? to make allowance for tener en cuenta, hacerse cargo de, excusar.  How much a month does your father give you for an allowance? ¿Cuánto te da tu padre para tus gastos personales al mes?
 * allure [v] atraer, tentar.
 * ally [n] aliado The Allies won the first World War. Los aliados ganaron la primera guerra mundial. to ally oneself, to be allied aliarse They allied themselves with powerful neighbors. Se aliaron con vecinos poderosos.
 * almanac almanaque, calendario.
 * almighty todopoderoso. the Almighty el Todopoderoso.
 * almond almendra.
 * almost casi Are you almost ready? ¿Estás casi preparado?
 * alone solo Do you live alone? ¿Vive Ud. solo? $undefined$ sólo, solamente You alone can help me. Sólo Ud. puede ayudarme. to let alone dejar en paz Let me alone. Déjeme en paz.
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once possessed a donkey which had served him faithfully for many years, but at last the poor beast grew old and feeble, and every day his work became more of a burden. As he was no longer of any use, his master made up his mind to shoot him; but when the donkey learnt the fate that was in store for him, he determined not to die, but to run away to the nearest town and there to become a street musician.

When he had trotted along for some distance he came upon a greyhound lying on the road, and panting for dear life. ‘Well, brother,’ said the donkey, ‘what’s the matter with you? You look rather tired.’

‘So I am,’ replied the dog, ‘but because I am getting old and am growing weaker every day, and cannot go out hunting any longer, my master wanted to poison me; and, as life is still sweet, I have taken leave of him. But how I am to earn my own livelihood I haven’t a notion.’

‘Well, said the donkey, ‘I am on my way to the nearest big town, where I mean to become a street musician. Why don’t you take up music as a profession and come along with me? I’ll play the flute and you can play the kettle-drum.’

The greyhound was quite pleased at the idea, and the two set off together. When they had gone a short distance they met a cat with a face as long as three rainy days. ‘Now, what has happened to upset your happiness, friend puss?’ inquired the donkey.

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318 ‘It’s impossible to look cheerful when one feels depressed,’ answered the cat. ‘I am well up in years now, and have lost most of my teeth; consequently I prefer sitting in front of the fire to catching mice, and so my old mistress wanted to drown me. I have no wish to die yet, so ran away from her; but good advice is expensive, and I don’t know where I am to go to, or what I am to do.’

‘Come to the nearest big town with us,’ said the donkey, ‘and try your fortune as a street musician. I know what sweet music you make at night, so you are sure to be a success.’

The cat was delighted with the donkey’s proposal, and they all continued their journey together. In a short time they came to the courtyard of an inn, where they found a cock crowing lustily. ‘What in the world is the matter with you?’ asked the donkey. ‘The noise you are making is enough to break the drums of our ears.’

‘I am only prophesying good weather,’ said the cock; ‘for to-morrow is a feast day, and just because it is a holiday and a number of people are expected at the inn, the landlady has given orders for my neck to be wrung to-night, so that I may be made into soup for to-morrow’s dinner.’

‘I’ll tell you what, redcap,’ said the donkey; ‘you had much better come with us to the nearest town. You have got a good voice, and could join a street band we are getting up.’ The cock was much pleased with the idea, and the party proceeded on their way.

But the nearest big town was a long way off, and it took them more than a day to reach it. In the evening they came to a wood, and they made up their minds to go no further, but to spend the night there. The donkey and the greyhound lay down under a big tree, and the cat and the cock got up into the branches, the cock flying right up to the topmost twig, where he thought he would be safe from all danger. Before he went to sleep he

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 looked round the four points of the compass, and saw a little spark burning in the distance. He called out to his companions that he was sure there must be a house not far off, for he could see a light shining.

When he heard this, the donkey said at once: ‘Then we must get up, and go and look for the house, for this is very poor shelter.’ And the greyhound added: ‘Yes; I feel I’d be all the better for a few bones and a scrap or two of meat.’

So they set out for the spot where the light was to be seen shining faintly in the distance, but the nearer they approached it the brighter it grew, till at last they came to a brilliantly lighted house. The donkey being the biggest of the party, went to the window and looked in.

‘Well, greyhead, what do you see?’ asked the cock.

‘I see a well-covered table,’ replied the donkey, ‘with excellent food and drink, and several robbers are sitting round it, enjoying themselves highly.’

‘I wish we were doing the same,’ said the cock.

‘So do I,’ answered the donkey. ‘Can’t we think of some plan for turning out the robbers, and taking possession of the house ourselves?’

So they consulted together what they were to do, and at last they arranged that the donkey should stand at the window with his fore-feet on the sill, that the greyhound should get on his back, the cat on the dog’s shoulder, and the cock on the cat’s head. When they had grouped themselves in this way, at a given signal, they all began their different forms of music. The donkey brayed, the greyhound barked, the cat miawed, and the cock crew. Then they all scrambled through the window into the room, breaking the glass into a thousand pieces as they did so.

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* the road. Hay una cerca a lo largo de la carretera. Bring her along. Tráigala consigo Come along with me. Venga Ud. conmigo. Do they get along? ¿Se llevan? How are you getting along? ¿Cómo le va a Ud.?
 * aloof apartado, lejos, a distancia.
 * aloud alto, en voz alta Read the story aloud. Lea Ud. el cuento en voz alta.
 * alphabet alfabeto.
 * already ya.
 * also también You may also come. También Ud. puede venir.
 * altar altar.
 * alter cambiar, modificar.
 * alternate [adj] alterno.
 * alternative [n] alternativa.
 * although aunque I'll be there, although I may be late. Estaré allá, aunque llegue tarde.
 * altitude altura
 * altogether en conjunto, enteramente.
 * always siempre Are you always busy? ¿Está Ud. siempre ocupado?
 * am See be.
 * amateur aficionado.
 * amaze asombrar, pasmar I'm amazed. Estoy pasmado
 * ambassador embajador.
 * ambition ambición He has no ambition. No tiene ambición. $undefined$ aspiración My greatest ambition is to be an opera singer. Mi mayor aspiración es ser cantante de ópera.
 * ambitious ambicioso.
 * ambulance ambulancia.
 * ambush [n] emboscada. [v] sorprender.
 * amend enmendar, corregir.
 * amendment enmienda.
 * amends compensación, reparación. to make amends compensar, dar cumplida satisfacción.
 * amiable amable, afable.
 * amid entre, en medio de.
 * ammunition munición.
 * among entre You're among friends. Ud. está entre amigos.
 * amount [n] importe, suma What's the whole amount? ¿Cuál es el importe total? [v] subir What does the bill amount to? ¿A cuánto sube la cuenta?  The disturbance didn't amount to anything. El disturbio no tuvo ninguna importancia.
 * ample amplio.
 * amuse divertir That amuses me very much. Eso me divierte mucho.
 * amusement diversión Are there any amusements here? ¿Hay aquí algunas diversiones?
 * an See a.
 * analysis análisis.
 * analyze analizar.
 * anarchy anarquía.
 * anatomy anatomía.
 * ancestor antepasado.
 * anchor [n] ancla The boat had no anchor. El bote no tenía ancla. [v] anclar They anchored the ship in the bay. Anclaron el buque en la bahía.  to weigh anchor levar el ancla.
 * ancient antiguo.
 * and y The room had only a bed and a chair. La habitación tenía solamente una cama y una silla.—Wait and see. Espere y verá. $undefined$ e (before i or hi) Father and son. Padre e hijo. and so forth etcetera (abbr etc.) I need soap, towels, and so forth. Necesito jabón, toallas, etc.
 * angel ángel.
 * anger [n] cólera, enojo.
 * angle ángulo Measure each angle of the triangle. Mida cada ángulo del triángulo. $undefined$ punto de vista, aspecto Let's not discuss that angle of the problem. No discutamos ese aspecto del problema. at an angle inclinado, en ángulo She wears her hat at an angle. Usa el sombrero inclinado.
 * angry enojado, enfadado, [Am] bravo What are you angry about? ¿Porqué está Ud. enojado? to be angry estar enfadado, estar enojado, [Am] estar bravo Are you angry at him? ¿Está Ud. enfadado con él?  to get angry enojarse, enfadarse.
 * anguish angustia.
 * animal animal.
 * animate [v] animar.
 * ankle tobillo.
 * annex [n] anexo.
 * annex [v] anexar.
 * anniversary aniversario.
 * announce anunciar They just announced that on the radio. Lo acaban de anunciar en la radio. k participar They just announced their engagement. Acaban de participar su próximo enlace.
 * announcement aviso, anuncio.
 * annoy molestar, incomodar.
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 hair standing on end with terror. The four companions, delighted with the success of their trick, sat down at the table, and ate and drank all the food and wine that the robbers had left behind them.

When they had finished their meal they put out the lights, and each animal chose a suitable sleeping-place. The donkey lay down in the courtyard outside the house, the dog behind the door, the cat in front of the fire, and the cock flew up on to a high shelf, and, as they were all tired after their long day, they soon went to sleep.

Shortly after midnight, when the robbers saw that no light was burning in the house and that all seemed quiet, the captain of the band said: ‘We were fools to let ourselves be so easily frightened away;’ and, turning to one of his men, he ordered him to go and see if all was safe.

The man found everything in silence and darkness, and going into the kitchen he thought he had better strike a light. He took a match, and mistaking the fiery eyes of the cat for two glowing coals, he tried to light his match with them. But the cat didn’t see the joke, and sprang at his face, spitting and scratching him in the most vigorous manner. The man was terrified out of his life, and tried to run out by the back door; but he stumbled over the greyhound, which bit him in the leg. Yelling with pain he ran across the courtyard only to receive a kick from the donkey’s hind leg as he passed him. In the meantime the cock had been roused from his slumbers, and feeling very cheerful he called out, from the shelf where he was perched, ‘Kikeriki!’

Then the robber hastened back to his captain and said: ‘Sir, there is a dreadful witch in the house, who spat at me and scratched my face with her long fingers; and before the door there stands a man with a long knife, who cut my leg severely. In the courtyard outside lies a black monster, who fell upon me with a huge wooden club; and that is not all, for, sitting on the roof,

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 is a judge, who called out: “Bring the rascal to me.” So I fled for dear life.’

After this the robbers dared not venture into the house again, and they abandoned it for ever. But the four street musicians were so delighted with their lodgings that they determined to take up their abode in the robbers’ house, and, for all I know to the contrary, they may be living there to this day.

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answer

* They saw one another frequently. Se veían con frecuencia. They saw one another. Se vieron unos a otros.
 * answer [n] respuesta, contestación What's your answer? ¿Cuál es su respuesta? $undefined$ solución Where can I find the answer? ¿Dónde encontraré la solución? [v] contestar Please answer me by return mail. Haga el favor de contestarme a vuelta de correo.
 * ant hormiga.
 * antagonize contrariar.
 * antarctic [adj, n] antartico.
 * antenna antena.
 * anthem national anthem himno nacional.
 * anticipate esperar, prever There was a larger crowd at the concert than we had anticipated. Había más gente en el concierto de lo que esperábamos. $undefined$ anticiparse The attendants anticipated all our needs. La servidumbre se anticipó a todo lo que necesitábamos.
 * antidote antídoto, contraveneno.
 * antique [n] antigüedad, antigualla. [adj] antiguo. antiseptic [adj, n] antiséptico.
 * anxiety ansia, ansiedad.
 * anxious inquieto I've been anxious about you. He estado muy inquieto por tí. $undefined$ ansioso I'm anxious to succeed. Estoy ansioso de triunfar.
 * any alguno Are there any books around here? ¿Hay algunos libros por aquí? $undefined$ algún I don't like this hat. Do you have any other? No me gusta este sombrero. ¿Tiene Ud. algún otro? $undefined$ cualquier Any policeman can direct you. Cualquier guardia puede indicarle el camino. any longer más, más tiempo I can't stay any longer. No puedo quedarme más.  any way de cualquier modo, de cualquier manera Do it any way you can. Hágalo de cualquier manera.  at any time en cualquier momento.  in any case en todo caso, de todos modos.  "Do you have any money?" "I don't have any." "¿Tiene Ud. dinero?" "No tengo nada."
 * anybody alguien Will anybody be at the station to meet me? ¿Habrá alguien en la estación esperándome? $undefined$ cualquiera Anybody can do that. Cualquiera puede hacer eso.
 * anyhow de todos modos, de todas maneras It may rain but I'm going any how. Puede ser aue llueva pero iré de todos modos.
 * anyone alguien If anyone calls, take the message. Si llama alguien, tome Ud. el recado.
 * anything algo, alguna cosa Is there anything for me? ¿Hay algo para mi? $undefined$ cualquier cosa Anything you have will be all right. Cualquier cosa que Ud. tenga estará bien.  Can't anything be done? ¿No se puede hacer nada?
 * anyway de todos modos, con todo I didn't want to go anyway. De todos modos yo no quería ir.
 * anywhere en alguna parte Have you seen him anywhere? ¿Le ha visto Ud. en alguna parte? A en ninguna parte (in negative sentence) I don't want to go anywhere tonight. No quiero ir a ninguna parte esta noche. A donde quiera, cualquier parte We could go anywhere if we had the money. Podríamos ir a cualquier parte si tuviéramos dinero.
 * apart separado The house stands apart from the others. La casa está separada de las otras. A aparte Set this apart for me. Ponga esto aparte para mí. to take apart desmontar Take the machine apart. Desmonte Ud. la máquina.  to tell apart distinguir How do you tell the two apart? ¿Cómo puede distinguir uno del otro?
 * apartment piso [Sp], apartamento [Am], departamento [Chile] We want to rent an apartment in the city. Queremos alquilar un apartamento en la ciudad.
 * ape mono.
 * apiece por persona, cada uno My brother and I earned six dollars apiece. Mi hermano y yo ganamos seis dólares cada uno.
 * apologize disculparse, excusarse You ought to apologize to her for being so rude. Debe Ud. disculparse con ella por haber sido tan descortés.
 * appall espantar, aterrar.
 * apparatus aparato.
 * apparent aparente (seeming); claro (clear).
 * appeal [n] llamamiento He made an appeal for justice. Hizo un llamamiento pidiendo justicia. $undefined$ apelación The defendant was granted an appeal. Al acusado le permitieron la apelación. [v] apelar, recurrir He appealed to his friends for sympathy. Apeló a la solidaridad de sus amigos. $undefined$ atraer


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on a time there was a rich merchant, who had an only son called Bobino. Now, as the boy was clever, and had a great desire for knowledge, his father sent him to be under a master, from whom he thought he would learn to speak all sorts of foreign languages. After some years with this master, Bobino returned to his home.

One evening, as he and his father were walking in the garden, the sparrows in the trees above their heads began such a twittering, that they found it impossible to hear each other speak. This annoyed the merchant very much, so, to soothe him, Bobino said: ‘Would you like me to explain to you what the sparrows are saying to each other?’

The merchant looked at his son in astonishment, and answered: ‘What can you mean? How can you explain what the sparrows say? Do you consider yourself a soothsayer or a magician?’

‘I am neither a soothsayer nor a magician,’ answered Bobino; ‘but my master taught me the language of all the animals.’

‘Alas! for my good money!’ exclaimed the merchant. ‘The master has certainly mistaken my intention. Of course I meant you to learn the languages that human beings talk, and not the language of animals.’

‘Have patience,’ answered the son. ‘My master thought it best to begin with the language of animals, and later to learn the languages of human beings.’

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198 On their way into the house the dog ran to meet them, barking furiously.

‘What can be the matter with the beast?’ said the merchant. ‘Why should he bark at me like that, when he knows me quite well?’

‘Shall I explain to you what he is saying?’ said Bobino.

‘Leave me in peace, and don’t trouble me with your nonsense,’ said the merchant quite crossly. ‘How my money has been wasted!’

A little later, as they sat down to supper, some frogs in a neighbouring pond set up such a croaking as had never been heard. The noise so irritated the merchant that he quite lost his temper and exclaimed: ‘This only was wanting to add the last drop to my discomfort and disappointment.’

‘Shall I explain to you?’ began Bobino.

‘Will you hold your tongue with your explanations?’ shouted the merchant. ‘Go to bed, and don’t let me see your face again!’

So Bobino went to bed and slept soundly. But his father, who could not get over his disappointment at the waste of his money, was so angry, that he sent for two servants, and gave them orders, which they were to carry out on the following day.

Next morning one of the servants awakened Bobino early, and made him get into a carriage that was waiting for him. The servant placed himself on the seat beside him, while the other servant rode alongside the carriage as an escort. Bobino could not understand what they were going to do with him, or where he was being taken; but he noticed that the servant beside him looked very sad, and his eyes were all swollen with crying.

Curious to know the reason he said to him: ‘Why are you so sad? and where are you taking me?’

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 taking you to your death, and, what is worse, I am doing so by the order of your father.’

‘But why,’ exclaimed Bobino, ‘does he want me to die? What evil have I done him, or what fault have I committed that he should wish to bring about my death?’

‘You have done him no evil,’ answered the servant, ‘neither have you committed any fault; but he is half mad with anger because, in all these years of study, you have learnt nothing but the language of animals. He expected something quite different from you, that is why he is determined you shall die.’

‘If that is the case, kill me at once,’ said Bobino. ‘What is the use of waiting, if it must be done?’

‘I have not the heart to do it,’ answered the servant. ‘I would rather think of some way of saving your life, and at the same time of protecting ourselves from your father’s anger. By good luck the dog has followed us. We will kill it, and cut out the heart and take it back to your father. He will believe it is yours, and you, in the meantime, will have made your escape.’

When they had reached the thickest part of the wood, Bobino got out of the carriage, and having said good-bye to the servants set out on his wanderings.

On and on he walked, till at last, late in the evening, he came to a house where some herdsmen lived. He knocked at the door and begged for shelter for the night. The herdsmen, seeing how gentle a youth he seemed, made him welcome, and bade him sit down and share their supper.

While they were eating it, the dog in the courtyard began to bark. Bobino walked to the window, listened attentively for a minute, and then turning to the herdsmen said: ‘Send your wives and daughters at once to bed, and arm yourselves as best you can, because at midnight a band of robbers will attack this house.’

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 ‘How can you know,’ they said, ‘that a band of robbers mean to attack us? Who told you so?’

‘I know it from the dog’s barking,’ answered Bobino. ‘I understand his language, and if I had not been here, the poor beast would have wasted his breath to no purpose. You had better follow my advice, if you wish to save your lives and property.’

The herdsmen were more and more astonished, but they decided to do as Bobino advised. They sent their wives and daughters upstairs, then, having armed themselves, they took up their position behind a hedge, waiting for midnight.

Just as the clock struck twelve they heard the sound of approaching footsteps, and a band of robbers cautiously advanced towards the house. But the herdsmen were on the look-out; they sprang on the robbers from behind the hedge, and with blows from their cudgels soon put them to flight.

You may believe how grateful they were to Bobino, to whose timely warning they owed their safety. They begged him to stay and make his home with them; but as he wanted to see more of the world, he thanked them warmly for their hospitality, and set out once more on his wanderings. All day he walked, and in the evening he came to a peasant’s house. While he was wondering whether he should knock and demand shelter for the night, he heard a great croaking of frogs in a ditch behind the house. Stepping to the back he saw a very strange sight. Four frogs were throwing a small bottle about from one to the other, making a great croaking as they did so. Bobino listened for a few minutes, and then knocked at the door of the house. It was opened by the peasant, who asked him to come in and have some supper.

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appear

* Her type appeals to me. El tipo de ella me atrae.
 * appear salir, aparecer The paper appears every day. El periódico sale todos los días. $undefined$ parecer He appears to be very sick. Parece muy enfermo.
 * appearance apariencia, aspecto Try to improve your appearance. Trate de mejorar su aspecto. to make an appearance dejarse ver At least make an appearance. Por lo menos déjese Ud. ver un momento.
 * appease apaciguar, calmar.
 * appeasement apaciguamiento.
 * appendix apéndice.
 * appetite apetito.
 * appetizer aperitivo.
 * applause aplauso.
 * apple manzana.
 * appliance aparato.
 * application solicitud Your application has been received. Su solicitud ha sido recibida. $undefined$ compresa Cold applications will relieve the headache. Compresas frías aliviarán el dolor de cabeza. application blank formulario Fill out this application blank. Llene este formulario.
 * apply dirigirse To whom do I apply? ¿A quién tengo que dirigirme? A aplicar Apply a hot compress every two hours. Aplique una compresa caliente cada dos horas. to apply for solicitar, pedir I wish to apply for the position. Quiero pedir el empleo.  The information doesn't apply. La información no es pertinente.  This order applies to all citizens. Esta orden comprende a todos los cuidadanos.
 * appoint nombrar, designar.
 * appointment nombramiento, puesto She's very happy since she received her appointment. Está muy feliz desde que recibió su nombramiento. $undefined$ cita I have an appointment to meet him at six o'clock. Tengo cita para encontrarle a las seis.
 * appreciate apreciar.
 * appreciation reconocimiento Everyone expressed appreciation for what he had done. Todos expresaron su reconocimiento por lo que él había hecho. $undefined$ aprecio She has a deep appreciation for art. Tiene un profundo aprecio por el arte.
 * apprehension aprehensión, aprensión.
 * approach [n] acceso The approaches to the bridge are under repair. Los accesos del puente están en reparación. $undefined$ camino, método Am I rising the right approach? ¿Estoy siguiendo el camino debido? [v] acercarse Let's approach carefully. Acerquémonos con cuidado.  Is it all right to approach him aboxit this matter? ¿Está bien que le preguntemos a él acerca de este asunto?
 * appropriate [v] destinar The government has appropriated more money for road construction. El gobierno ha destinado más dinero para la construcción de caminos. $undefined$ apropiarse All my ties have been appropriated by my son. Mi hijo se ha apropiado de todas mis corbatas.
 * appropriate [adj] apropiado I don't think that's an appropriate dress for a party. No creo que ese vestido sea apropiado para una fiesta.
 * approval aprobación, consentimiento.
 * approve aprobar.
 * approximate [adj] aproximado.
 * apricot albaricoque, [Mex] chabacano.
 * April abril.
 * apron delantal.
 * apt capaz He's apt to do anything. Es capaz de hacer cualquiera cosa. $undefined$ propenso He's apt to make mistakes. Está propenso a equivocarse. $undefined$ acertado Her last remark was very apt. Su última observación fué muy acertada. $undefined$ competente He's an apt student. Es un estudiante competente. Don't call this afternoon because I'm apt to be out. No me llame por teléfono esta tarde porque puede ser que salga.
 * arbor emparrado.
 * arch [n] arco The bridge has a tremendous arch. El puente tiene un arco enorme. [v] arquear She arched her eyebrows. Arqueó las cejas.  fallen arches pies planos.
 * architect arquitecto.
 * architecture arquitectura.
 * arctic [adj] ártico.
 * ardor ardor.
 * are See be.
 * area area What's the area of the park? ¿Cuál es el área del parque? $undefined$ zona What area's he working in? ¿En qué zona trabaja?
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 who had been passing that way some time before, had promised to send her some medicine that would have cured her, but the servant to whom he had entrusted the medicine had let it drop on the way back, and now there seemed no hope for the girl.

Then Bobino told the father of the small bottle he had seen the frogs play with, and that he knew that was the medicine which the doctor had sent to the girl. The peasant asked him how he could be sure of this, and Bobino explained to him that he understood the language of animals, and had heard what the frogs said as they tossed the bottle about. So the peasant fetched the bottle from the ditch, and gave the medicine to his daughter. In the morning she was much better, and the grateful father did not know how to thank Bobino enough. But Bobino would accept nothing from him, and having said good-bye, set out once more on his wanderings.

One day, soon after this, he came upon two men resting under a tree in the heat of the day. Being tired he stretched himself on the ground at no great distance from them, and soon they all three began to talk to one another. In the course of conversation, Bobino asked the two men where they were going; and they replied that they were on their way to a neighbouring town, where, that day, a new ruler was to be chosen by the people.

While they were still talking, some sparrows settled on the tree under which they were lying. Bobino was silent, and appeared to be listening attentively. At the end of a few minutes he said to his companions, ‘Do you know what those sparrows are saying? They are saying that to-day one of us will be chosen ruler of that town.’

The men said nothing, but looked at each other. A few minutes later, seeing that Bobino had fallen asleep, they stole away, and made with all haste for the town, where the election of a new ruler was to take place.

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 waiting for the hour when an eagle should be let loose from a cage, for it had been settled that on whose-soever house the eagle alighted, the owner of that house should become ruler of the town. At last the hour arrived; the eagle was set free, and all eyes were strained to see where it would alight. But circling over the heads of the crowd, it flew straight in the direction of a young man, who was at that moment entering the town. This was none other than Bobino, who had awakened soon after his companions had left him, and had followed in their footsteps. All the people shouted and proclaimed that he was their future ruler, and he was conducted by a great crowd to the Governor’s house, which was for the future to be his home. And here he lived happily, and ruled wisely over the people.

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title: The Grey Fairy Book/Bobino


text: The Works of William Harvey/The First Anatomical Disquisition on the Circulation of the Blood


text: The Works of William Harvey/A Second Disquisition to John Riolan


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argument

* po tomando el tren. $undefined$ discutir Let's not argue the point. No discutamos ese asunto. $undefined$ convencer, persuadir You can't argue me into going there again. Ud. no puede persuadirme de volver allí.
 * argument argumento This is a strong argument in his favor. Este es un argumento muy fuerte en su favor. $undefined$ razonamiento I don't follow your argument. No sigo su razonamiento. $undefined$ disputa They had an argument. Tuvieron una disputa. Let's not have any argument. No disputemos.
 * arise surgir Many difficulties arose in carrying out the plan. Surgieron muchas dificultades al realizar el plan. $undefined$ sobrevenir The trouble arose over a question of priority. Sobrevino la dificultad sobre una cuestión de prioridad.
 * aristocracy aristocracia.
 * arithmetic aritmética.
 * arm brazo Can you carry the package under your arm? ¿Puede llevar el paquete debajo del brazo? [v] armar They armed the soldiers with pistols. Armaron a los soldados con pistolas.
 * armchair butaca, sillón.
 * armistice armisticio.
 * armor [n] blindaje These shells can't penetrate the heavy armor of a battleship. Estos proyectiles no pueden atravesar el grueso blindaje de un acorazado. [v] blindar The tanks were heavily armored. Los tanques estaban muy bien blindados.
 * armory armería, arsenal.
 * armpit sobaco, axila.
 * arms armas They couldn't fight without arms. No podían pelear sin armas. to bear arms tomar las armas.  to be up in arms sublevarse The students were up in arms at the new restrictions. Los estudiantes se sublevaron ante las nuevas restricciones.  to carry arms llevar armas, tener armas In this city you need a license to carry arms. En esta ciudad se necesita un permiso para llevar armas.  under arms sobre las armas.
 * army ejército.
 * around alrededor de We'll have to take a walk around the town. Tendremos que dar un paseo alrededor de la ciudad. $undefined$ alrededor de, más o menos I have around twenty dollars. Tengo alrededor de veinte dólares. $undefined$ a la vuelta de The store's around the corner. La tienda está a la vuelta de la esquina. $undefined$ alrededor Look around you. Mire a su alrededor. around here por aquí Are there any soldiers around here? ¿Hay por aquí algunos soldados?  to look around buscar I'll have to look around for it. Tendré que buscarlo por aquí.  to turn around dar la vuelta He turned around and spoke to me. Dio la vuelta y me habló.  How many miles is it around the lake? ¿Cuántas millas tiene la vuelta del lago?  It's somewhere around the house. Está en algún sitio de la casa.
 * arouse despertar I was aroused during the night by fire engines. Me despertaron los bomberos por la noche. to arouse suspicion despertar sospechas.
 * arrange arreglar Everything's been arranged. Todo está arreglado.
 * arrangement colocación, disposición The arrangement of the furniture was very inconvenient. La disposición de los muebles era muy incómoda. $undefined$ arreglo, preparativo They made arrangements to leave by plane. Hicieron los preparativos para ir en avión. $undefined$ arreglo musical How do you like the arrangement of that song? ¿Qué le parece el arreglo musical de esa canción?
 * arrears atrasos.
 * arrest detención The police made two arrests. La policía hizo dos detenciones. [v] arrestar, prender Why have you been arrested? ¿Por qué ha sido Ud. arrestado?—They arrested two men. Prendieron dos hombres. A atraer It arrested my attention. Me atrajo la atención.  You're under arrest. Está Ud. arrestado.
 * arrival llegada. new arrival recién llegado.
 * arrive llegar When will I arrive in New York? ¿Cuándo llegaré a Nueva York?
 * arrow flecha.
 * arsenal arsenal.
 * art arte This building contains many works of art. Este edificio encierra muchas obras de arte. A técnica There's an art to it. Hay una técnica para ello. art gallery galería de arte.


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artery

*artery arteria.
 * article objeto I have no articles of value to declare. No tengo objetos de valor que declarar. $undefined$ artículo There was an interesting article about it in the newspaper. Había en el periódico un artículo interesante acerca de ello.
 * artificial artificial The flowers she was wearing were artificial. Las flores que ella llevaba eran artificiales. $undefined$ afectado, fingido Her manner of acting was artificial. Su manera de actuar era afectada.
 * artillery artillería.
 * artist artista.
 * artistic artístico.
 * as como He's late as usual. Está retrasado como de costumbre. $undefined$ porque I must go, as it's late. Tengo que irme porque es tarde. $undefined$ cuando Did you see anyone as you came in? ¿Vio Ud. a alguien cuando entró? $undefined$ a medida que Count the people as they enter. Cuente la gente a medida que entre. as far as hasta I'll go with you as far as the door. Le acompañaré a Ud. hasta la puerta.  as if como si Act as if nothing had happened. Obre Ud. como si no hubiese pasado nada.  as soon as possible cuanto antes, lo más pronto posible 7 want to leave as soon as possible. Quiero salir cuanto antes.  as to, as for en cuanto a As to that, I don't know. En cuanto a eso, yo no lo'sé.  as yet aún, todavía Nothing has happened as yet. Todavía no ha pasado nada.  so as to para, a fin de We must start early so as to be on time. Tenemos que salir pronto para llegar a tiempo.  I regard it as important. Lo considero de importancia.
 * ascend ascender, subir.
 * ascertain averiguar, determinar.
 * ash(es) ceniza. ash tray cenicero.
 * ashamed to be ashamed dar vergüenza I was ashamed to ask for a second helping. Me daba vergüenza repetir. $undefined$ tener vergüenza, estar avergonzado He's ashamed of his English. Está avergonzado de su inglés.
 * aside a un lado All joking aside, I intend to go. Bromas a un lado, tengo la intención de ir. aside from aparte de Aside from singing he has no talent. Aparte de cantar no tiene otros talentos.  to put aside dejar a un lado Let's put our work aside and go and get a drink. Dejemos a un lado el trabajo y salgamos a beber algo.  to set aside apartar I think I've have enough set aside for the trip. Creo que hemos apartado suficiente dinero para el viaje.
 * ask preguntar Did you ask him his name? ¿Le preguntó Ud. su nombre? A pedir He asked for permission to go. Pidió permiso para ir. $undefined$ invitar Ask him in. Invítele a entrar. to ask about informarse de, pedir información sobre Mr. X is asking about trains. El señor X. pide información sobre los trenes.  to ask a question hacer una pregunta, preguntar una cosa May I ask a question? ¿Puedo hacer una pregunta?
 * asleep dormido I must have been asleep. Debo haberme dormido, or Estaría dormido. to fall asleep dormirse, quedarse dormido He's fallen asleep. Se ha quedado dormido.
 * asparagus espárrago.
 * aspect aspecto Have you considered every aspect of the problem? ¿Ha examinado Ud. todos los aspectos del problema? $undefined$ apariencia The house has a gloomy aspect. La casa tiene una apariencia sombría.
 * asphalt asfalto.
 * aspire aspirar.
 * aspirin aspirina,
 * ass asno, burro,
 * assassin asesino,
 * assault [n] asalto. [v] asaltar.
 * assemble reunir They assembled a great force for the invasion. Reunieron una gran fuerza para la invasión. $undefined$ reunirse A large crowd assembled in the park. Un gran gentío se reunió en el parque. $undefined$ montar, armar He's an expert at assembling airplane motors. Es experto en montar motores de aeroplane
 * assembly asamblea.
 * assert afirmar, sostener. to assert oneself hacerse sentir, hacer valer sus derechos.
 * assign indicar, señalar I'll assign your lessons for tomorrow. Voy a indicarles la lección para mañana. $undefined$ asignar Who was assigned to the new post? ¿A quién asignaron para el nuevo cargo?
 * assignment misión The editor gave him an interesting assignment to cover. El director del periódico le encargó una misión interesante. $undefined$ tarea Our


text: Harmonium (Stevens)/Hibiscus on the Sleeping Shores


text: Harmonium (Stevens)/Fabliau of Florida

title: Harmonium (Stevens)/Fabliau of Florida


text: Harmonium (Stevens)/The Doctor of Geneva


text: Harmonium (Stevens)/Another Weeping Woman


text: Harmonium (Stevens)/Homunculus et la Belle Etoile


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 his eyes became distant, and his lips smiled. "Up here—in this old place—how one hears the pines!"

She cried out from the other end of the room, as though she were speaking with some one behind a shut door:

"I've ordered dinner at seven. I thought you'd probably have missed a meal or two, or would want to go to bed early." She said it very smartly, with her head on one side like a bird, as if she was pleading that he would find her very clever about ordering dinner and thinking of his comfort.

"Good," he said. "I'd better dress now, hadn't I?" He looked up the staircase, and would have gone up had I not held him back; for the little room in the south wing, with the fishing-rods and the old books, went in the rebuilding, absorbed by the black-and-white magnificence that is Kitty's bedroom.


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 "Oh, I'll take you up," Kitty rang out efficiently. She pulled at his coat-sleeve, so they started level on the lowest step. But as they went up, the sense of his separateness beat her back; she lifted her arms as though she struggled through a fog, and fell behind. When he reached the top she was standing half-way down the stairs, her hands clasped under her chin. But he did not see her. He was looking along the corridor and saying, "This house is different." If the soul has to stay in its coffin till the lead is struck asunder, in its captivity it speaks with such a voice.

She braced herself with a gallant laugh.

"How you've forgotten!" she cried, and ran up to him, rattling her keys and looking grave with housewifery, and I was left alone with the dusk and the familiar things. The dusk flowed in wet and cool from the garden, as if to put out the fire


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 of confusion lighted on our hearthstone, and the furniture, very visible through that soft evening opacity with the observant brightness of old, well-polished wood, seemed terribly aware. Strangeness had come into the house, and everything was appalled by it, even time. For the moments dragged. It seemed to me, half an hour later, that I had been standing for an infinite period in the drawing-room, remembering that in the old days the blinds had never been drawn in this room because old Mrs. Baldry had liked to see the night gathering like a pool in the valley while the day lingered as a white streak above the farthest hills, and perceiving in pain that the heavy blue blinds that shroud the nine windows because a lost Zeppelin sometimes clanks like a skeleton across the sky above us would make his home seem even more like prison.

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 past me, remote in preoccupation, and I was silent when I saw that she was dressed in all respects like a bride. The gown she wore on her wedding-day ten years ago had been cut and embroidered as this white satin was; her hair had been coiled low on her neck, as it was now. Around her throat were her pearls, and her longer chain of diamonds dropped, looking cruelly bright, to her white, small breasts; because she held some needlework to her bosom, I saw that her right hand was stiff with rings and her left hand bare save for her wedding-ring. She dropped her load of flannel on a work-table and sat down, spreading out her skirts, in an arm-chair by the fire. With her lower lip thrust out, as if she were considering a menu, she lowered her head and looked down on herself. She frowned to see that the high lights on the satin shone scarlet from the fire, that her flesh glowed like a rose, and she changed her seat for a high-backed


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 chair beneath the farthest candle-sconce. There were green curtains close by, and now the lights on her satin gown were green like cleft ice. She looked as cold as moonlight, as virginity, but precious; the falling candle-light struck her hair to bright, pure gold. So she waited for him.

There came suddenly a thud at the door. We heard Chris swear and stumble to his feet, while one of the servants spoke helpfully. Kitty knitted her brows, for she hates gracelessness, and a failure of physical adjustment is the worst indignity she can conceive.

"He's fallen down those three steps from the hall," I whispered. "They're new." She did not listen, because she was controlling her face into harmony with the appearance of serene virginity upon which his eyes would fall when he entered the room.

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 hard, like an animal pursued into a strange place by night, and to his hot consciousness of his disorder the sight of Kitty, her face and hands and bosom shining like the snow, her gown enfolding her, and her gold hair crowning her with radiance, and the white fire of jewels giving passion to the spectacle, was a deep refreshment. She sat still for a time, so that he might feel this well, then raised her ringed hand to her necklaces.

"It seems so strange that you should not remember me," she said. "You gave me all these."

He answered kindly:

"I am glad I did that. You look very beautiful in them." But as he spoke his gaze shifted to the shadows in the corners of the room, and the blood ran hot under his skin. He was thinking of another woman, of another beauty.

Kitty put up her hands as if to defend her jewels.


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 In that silence dinner was announced, and we went into the dining-room. It is the fashion at Baldry Court to use no electric light save when there is work to be done or a great company to be entertained, and to eat and talk by the mild clarity of many candles. That night it was a kindly fashion, for we sat about the table with our faces veiled in shadow, and seemed to listen in quiet contentment to the talk of our man who had come back to us. Yet all through the meal I was near to weeping, because whenever he thought himself unobserved he looked at the things that were familiar to him. Dipping his head, he would glance sidewise at the old oak paneling, and nearer things he figured as though sight were not intimate enough a contact. His hand caressed the arm of his chair, because he remembered the black gleam of it, stole out and touched the recollected salt-cellar. It was his furtiveness that was heartrending; it was as


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 though he were an outcast, and we who loved him stout policemen. Was Baldry Court so sleek a place that the unhappy felt offenders there? Then we had all been living wickedly, and he, too. As his fingers glided here and there he talked bravely about non-committal things: to what ponies we had been strapped when at the age of five we were introduced to the hunting-field; how we had teased to be allowed to keep swans in the pond above the wood, and how the yellow bills of our intended pets had sent us shrieking homeward; and all the dear life that makes the bland English country-side secretly adventurous. "Funny thing," he said. "All the time I was at Boulogne I wanted to see a kingfisher, that blue scudding down a stream, or a heron's flight round a willow—" He checked himself suddenly; his head fell forward on his chest. "You have no herons here, of course," he said drearily, and fingered the arm of his chair


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 "I'm sorry. He was a good man."

I cleared my throat.

"There are new people here, Chris, but they love you as the old ones did."

He forced himself to smile at us both, to a gay response.

"As if I didn't know that to-night!"

But he did not know it. Even to me he would give no trust, because it was Jenny the girl who had been his friend and not Jenny the woman. All the inhabitants at this new tract of time were his enemies, all its circumstances his prison-bars. There was suspicion in the gesture with which, when we were back in the drawing-room he picked up the flannel from the work-table.

"Whose is this?" he said curiously. His mother had been a hard-riding woman, not apt with her needle.

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 all of the land you've bought, there are ever so many people to look after."

He moved his shoulders uneasily, as if under a yoke, and, after he had drunk his coffee, pulled up one of the blinds and went out to pace the flagged walk under the windows. Kitty huddled carelessly by the fire, her hands over her face, unheeding by its red glow she looked not so virginal and bride-like; so I think she was to distracted even to plan. I went to the piano. Through this evening of sentences cut short because their completed meaning was always sorrow, of normal life dissolved to tears, the chords of Beethoven sounded serenely.

"So you like Jenny," said Kitty, suddenly, "to play Beethoven when it's the war that's caused all this. I could have told that you would have chosen to play German music this night of all nights."

So I began a saraband by Purcell, a jolly thing that makes one see a plump, sound


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 after the usual meteorological preliminaries had been settled by a resolution, ''nem. con''., that it was a fine day but very hot, the chief commissioner stated, that in virtue of the commission of Parliament, which they had the honor to hold, they were now to inquire into the state of the public charities of this village.

The state of the public charities, sir, is exceedingly simple. There are none. The charities here are all private, and so private, that I for one know nothing of them.

We have been informed, sir, that there is an annual rent charged on the land of Hautbois, for the endowment and repair of an almshouse.

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The manorial farm of Hautbois, now occupied by Farmer Seedling, is charged with the endowment and maintenance of an almshouse.

How is this, Mr. Bluenose?

I really do not know, sir. What say you, Mr. Appletwig?

I do remember, gentlemen, to have been informed, that there did stand, at the end of the village, a ruined cottage, which had once been an almshouse, which was endowed and maintained, by an annual revenue of a mark and a half, or one pound sterling, charged some centuries ago on the farm of Hautbois;


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 but the means, by the progress of time, having become inadequate to the end, the almshouse tumbled to pieces.

But this is a right which cannot be abrogated by desuetude, and the sum of one pound per annum is still chargeable for charitable purposes on the manorial farm of Hautbois.

Very well, sir.

But sir, the one pound per annum is still received by the parish, but was long ago, by an unanimous vote in open vestry, given to the minister.

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 This is an unjustifiable proceeding.

A misappropriation of a public fund.

A flagrant perversion of a charitable donation.

God bless my soul, gentlemen! I know nothing of this matter. How is this, Mr. Bluenose? Do I receive this one pound per annum?

Really, sir, I know no more about it than you do.

You certainly receive it, sir. It was voted to one of your predecessors. Farmer Seedling lumps it in with his tithes.


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 Lumps it in, sir! Lump in a charitable donation!

Oh-oh-oh-h-h!

Reverend sir, and gentlemen, officers of this parish, we are under the necessity of admonishing you that this is a most improper proceeding; and you are hereby duly admonished accordingly. Make a record, Mr. Milky.

The clergyman and churchwardens of the village of Hm-m-m-m- gravely admonished. Hm-m-m-m.

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641-655] popular rising, during which he was seized and beheaded. His military command was given to Theodore (646).

The Arabs first invaded Asia Minor during the commotions of 641. In 642 a plan of Valentine for a combined attack on them was frustrated by his defeat; but Theodore and Procopius penetrated as far as Batnae, and an Armenian force occupied Amida and nearly reached Edessa before they were routed. In 643, Valentine having returned to Constantinople, the enemy again entered Asia Minor, and Arabissus capitulated to 'Umair. In 644 Mu'āwiya, amīr of Syria, took and plundered Euchaita; and in 646 after besieging Caesarea for ten days he ravaged the neighbourhood, returned, and forced it to pay tribute, afterwards vainly attacking Amorium. On this expedition he found the Cilician fortresses deserted and left garrisons in them till his return, but in 647 had them destroyed. In 649 Ḥabīb, and in 651 Busr, raided Isauria, and in 651 Sufyān also invaded Roman territory from Germanicea, while in 649 Mu'āwiya placed a fleet on the sea and plundered Constantia in Cyprus, but retreated on the approach of a Roman fleet under Cacorizus the chamberlain.

These were only plundering expeditions: but about 647 Ḥabīb occupied Melitene, Sozopetra, and Adata; and, as the war had gone against the Romans, Constans in 651 sent Procopius to treat for peace with Mu'āwiya (the Caliph Othman was ignored), and a truce was made for two years, the Emperor paying tribute and leaving Gregory, the nephew of Heraclius, as a hostage.

The truce of 651 was hardly more than nominal; for the secession of Armenia led to the Emperor's expedition to that country (652) and to the outbreak of fresh hostilities there, and after the expiration of the armistice the war was renewed on a larger scale than before. Great preparations were made by Mu'āwiya for an attack by sea and land upon Constantinople. He himself, starting from Melitene, took Ancyra and advanced to Dorylaeum (653), destroying all the fortresses on the way. Meanwhile ships were being hastily built at Alexandria, Tripolis, and other places; and in 654 a fleet under Abū'l-A'war after occupying Cyprus pillaged Cos, Crete, and Rhodes (where the famous colossus, long since fallen, was broken up and sold to a Jew). But, while the work was going on at Tripolis, two Roman brothers, Mu'āwiya's slaves, liberated the prisoners, and with their help killed the governor and his guard, burnt the ships, and escaped by sea to Roman territory. Mu'āwiya, who was probably recalled by the news of this disaster, did nothing this year beyond taking a fortress near Melitene: but the naval preparations were not given up, and in spring 655 Abū'l-A'war was sent to Phoenix in Lycia, a place celebrated for cypresses, to cut wood for shipbuilding, where he was joined by the Egyptian ships under 'Abdallāh. But the


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 That is all, sir; and we wish you a good morning.

A very good morning to you, gentlemen.

"What in the name of all that is wonderful, Mr. Bluenose," said the Reverend Doctor Folliott, as he walked out of the inn, "what in the name of all that is wonderful, can those fellows mean? They have come here in a chaise and four, to make a fuss about a pound per annum, which, after all, they leave as it was: I wonder who pays them for their trouble, and how much."

The public pay for it, sir. It is a job of the learned friend whom you admire so much. It makes away with public money in salaries,


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394 new naval policy of the Arabs had forced the Romans also to institute a standing fleet; and the invaders were attacked by the Emperor in person, who was accompanied by his brother, Theodosius. In the battle which followed the Arabs were victorious, the Roman fleet being almost destroyed and Constans with difficulty escaping in disguise; but the Arabs, having attained their object, returned. Mu'āwiya at the same time made an expedition by land as far as Caesarea; but in 656 the murder of Othman and the civil war which followed put an end to his schemes, and he was at last glad to buy peace by paying tribute (659). The Emperor used the respite to reduce some Slavonic tribes, some of which he transferred to Asia to assist in the defence against the Arabs.

Constans had crowned his eldest son, Constantine, as Augustus in Apr. 654, and in 659 conferred the same dignity on his two younger sons, Heraclius and Tiberius, and had his brother Theodosius put to death on a charge of conspiracy (659). This made him very unpopular both with the citizens and with the army; he was greeted in the streets with the appellation "Cain," and at last, finding life in Constantinople irksome and perhaps dangerous, although war had again broken out with the Arabs, resolved to leave his capital and devote his attention to restoring the imperial power in the West, for which the disunion among the Lombards after the death of Aripert (661) afforded an obvious opportunity. In 662 he invaded the duchy of Benevento, and took several cities with little or no resistance. He failed indeed before the strong town of Acerenza; but he stormed Luceria, which he razed to the ground, and laid siege to Benevento itself, which was defended by Duke Romuald in person. Here he was met by a vigorous defence, and, having heard that Grimoald was marching to his son's assistance, made terms with the Duke, receiving his sister Gisa as a hostage, and raised the siege. An attempt to attack Capua was foiled by a defeat on the Calor, and he then withdrew to Naples for the winter. In spring (663) he sent the Persian Sapor on a fresh invasion; but he had hardly crossed the frontier when he was met by Romuald at a place called Forinum and severely defeated. Constans then abandoned all thought of reducing the duchy, and, secured against attack by the possession of Gisa, betook himself to Rome, and was met by the pope and clergy six miles from the city, which he entered on 5 July, the first Emperor who had been seen in the ancient capital for 190 years. He attended service in the principal churches and made offerings, but left a more impressive memorial of his visit by appropriating all the bronze ornaments that he could find, including the tiled roof of the Pantheon. This last with some of the other articles he sent to Constantinople, carrying the rest with him. After a stay of twelve days he returned to Naples, and then went on to Sicily, which was threatened by the Arabs, and settled at Syracuse, where he set himself to organise measures for the defence of Sicily and Africa. For this purpose heavy burdens were laid on his Italian and


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220 of Susa, which he had fortified. Here, at the Porta d' Italia, he expected Charles, who marched over Mont Cenis, while another corps took its way over the Great St Bernard. But, owing to this circuit, no battle seems to have taken place. Desiderius was obliged to retire to Pavia (Sept. 773) with the warriors who were still faithful to him, while Adalgis sought refuge with Carloman's children behind the fortified walls of Verona, but fled from here also after a time and went into exile at Constantinople. But except at Pavia and Verona Charles found no resistance whatever in the Lombard realm. Verona with Carloman's children surrendered even before Christmas to a detached troop under Charles himself, whereas the siege of Pavia was prolonged to the beginning of June 774, though famine and epidemics raged within the town.

After the capitulation Charles brought Desiderius and his wife to Gaul with the royal treasure, having received homage of the Lombards who had gathered at Pavia, leaving there a Frankish garrison. This was the end of the independent Lombard realm, and Charles dated his succession in this realm from the fall of the royal town of Pavia.

To be sure, the duchy of Benevento in the south had succeeded in keeping its independence throughout all these disasters, and the prince Arichis, Desiderius' son-in-law, considered himself the Lombard king's successor; but, important as this fact has proved for Italian history, the Lombard kingdom had always been rooted in the north. The occasion for its fall was given by the renewal of that combination between the remnants of the respublica, now represented by the pope, and the Franks, who had developed into a consolidated power; and the Lombard State had never been equal to these combined forces. A deeper reason lay in the structure of the Lombard State, which had not been able, even in the intervals of peace, to attain any organic unity. The small number of the Lombard people in connexion with their form of settlement, conditioned as it was by the state of affairs in the Roman Empire, had given too great importance from the first to the single local groups and their dukes. Kingship, which had been re-established in the distress of those times, exerted its uniting and centralising power very slowly, and a perfect union had never been accomplished. For the kingdom was founded on its royal domain, and the latter on new conquests of land, with which the king's followers had to be furnished. As was always the case in the medieval State in which agriculture was practised, the warriors who were rewarded in this way did not permanently attach themselves to the king, and thus formed a continual danger to the kingship. The king was continually forced to new conquests and then obliged to give them up again voluntarily, so that even the mightiest rulers made little lasting impression on the State, especially when the possibilities of donations


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759-772] about transactions with the pope. But the Frankish kings seem to have taken offence at his way of acting. Carloman died in Dec. 771, but Charles, who laid claim to the whole Frankish realm without considering Carloman's children, resolved to depart from the last year's policy. He repudiated Desiderius' daughter, well knowing that he made an enemy of the Lombard king by this insult. Carloman's widow Gerberga with her children and followers fled to the Lombard king, who was ready to use them as weapons against Charles. The new pope Hadrian was naturally on the side of Charles, and so the political combination of the time before Bertrada's intervention was re-established. Embassies between the pope and Desiderius had no effect because the pope did not trust the king's promises, and for fear of losing his hold upon the Frankish king firmly refused to anoint as kings Carloman's children at the wish of Desiderius. Paulus Afiarta and his followers (the Lombard party) were removed and punished, so that the Frankish influence again decided the papal policy.

Meanwhile Desiderius had again occupied Faenza, Ferrara, Comacchio (spring 772), and threatened Ravenna on every side; then he took Sinigaglia, Jesi, Urbino, Gubbio commanded his troops to attack Bieda and Otricoli, in order to frighten the pope, and marched against Rome with Carloman's children, after having vainly entreated the pope to come to him. The latter made all preparations for defence and raised his forces in Rome, but sent three bishops to the royal camp at Viterbo with a bull, threatening with excommunication the king and all who dared to step upon Roman soil. Desiderius actually broke up his camp and retired; but the answer he made to the Frankish embassies, which appeared in Italy at the pope's wish, in order to become acquainted with the state of things, shews clearly enough that he expected to meet a decisive stroke. He had prepared himself for this moment during the whole time of his reign, trying to ensure the dynasty by the nomination of his son Adalgis as co-regent (759), and to restrain the independence of the dukes, though still attaching them to his person. He had made costly presents to the great monasteries, and endowed them with privileges, and had strengthened his party by new donations of landed property. But nevertheless the Lombard kingdom did not offer united resistance to the Franks. A number of emigrants had already fled to the Franks even before the beginning of the war, and many nobles now left Spoleto and went to Rome. Benevento did not take any part in the war, and after the first failure not only the Spoletan contingents but also a number of towns submitted to the pope voluntarily. Charles only found resistance from the towns where the Lombard kings defended themselves. Treason played a great part in the fall of the Lombard realm, a fact which can be traced even in the sagas. After having refused Charles' last offer, to pay 17,000 solidi if he fulfilled the pope's demand, Desiderius put his trust in the strong position near the clusae


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160 Catholic inhabitants of Gaul, both in the Burgundian and in the Visigothic provinces, looked upon Clovis as the leader destined to deliver them from Arian oppression. Even during the reign of Euric, there had been serious disagreement between the Catholic element and the monarch, which had given rise to persecution. The ground was therefore well prepared, and from the evidence of contemporary chroniclers it is clear that Clovis did not fail to take advantage of this inclination on the part of the Catholics, and that he stirred up public opinion in his favour. This led Alaric to adopt rigorous measures in the case of sundry Catholic bishops, whom he banished on the more or less well-founded charge of conspiring with the Franks. In due course Alaric prepared for war. He summoned to arms all his subjects, Visigoths and Gallo-Romans, clergy and laymen, collected sums of money, and when war was imminent (506) he tried to conciliate the Catholic clergy and the Roman element as a whole by the publication of the code which bears his name (the Breviarium Alarici), and by other demonstrations of tolerance. The code consisted of passages of Roman Law, which only applied to questions of private legislation among the non- Visigothic population. Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, who was related by marriage to Alaric and Clovis, attempted to avert war by personal mediation, to which, at his instigation, were added the entreaties of the Burgundians, Thuringians, Warni, and Heruli, old friends of Euric. This mediation, to which Cassiodorus alludes, only served to postpone the crisis.

War broke out in 507. On the part of Clovis it was a war of religion, to free Gaul from the Arian heretics. Yet his policy was not quite so effectual as we might have expected, for a considerable part of Alaric's Catholic subjects fought on his side, displaying great courage. This was the case with the people of Auvergne, who, under the command of Apollinaris, son of the famous bishop Sidonius, formed an important element of the Visigothic army. It was a short campaign. The decisive battle was fought in the Campus Vocladensis, which seems to correspond to Vouillé, near Poitiers, on the banks of the river Clain. The battle proved disastrous to Alaric, who was himself slain by Clovis. As a result of this victory, the Franks possessed themselves of the greater part of Gothic Gaul. At the close of 507, Clovis seized Bordeaux; in the spring of 508, he took Toulouse, where he laid hands on the treasure of Alaric; shortly afterwards, he entered Angoulême. His son Theodoric conquered the country round Albi and Rodez, and the small towns on the Burgundian frontier. Moreover, the dioceses of Eauze, Bazas, and Auch were incorporated into the Frankish kingdom. To the Visigoths remained only the district afterwards called Septimania, bounded by the Cevennes, the Rhone, and the sea, with its capital at Narbonne.


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498-511] In addition to this war with the Franks, Alaric had to contend with a rebellion of the Bagaudae of Tarragona, whose chief, Burdurellus, was taken prisoner at Toulouse, and there slain (498). On the death of Alaric, the Visigothic magnates chose for their king his illegitimate son Gisalic, instead of Amalaric, his legitimate heir. Theodoric, the king of the Ostrogoths and grandfather of Amalaric, opposed him by armed intervention, and thus re-established the right of succession to the throne and saved the Visigothic kingdom from total destruction. Gisalic, who is represented by the historians of the period as being very wicked and cowardly, was defeated in the neighbourhood of Narbonne by the Burgundians, at that time the allies of Clovis. He fled to Barcelona, whence he was expelled by the troops of Theodoric. He then took refuge in Africa at the court of the king of the Vandals, who refused to support his claims; afterwards, under the protection of Clovis, he returned to Gaul, and was killed there. Meanwhile, the Burgundians, who had taken possession of Narbonne, combined with the Franks, and besieged Arles: but they were defeated by the army of Theodoric, under command of his general Ibbas, who compelled them to withdraw from Carcassonne. Thus, almost all the cities of the province of Narbonne, including the capital, were reconquered, and the whole of Visigothic Spain was placed in subjection to Theodoric, albeit in the name of Amalaric. The final episode of the war was the raising of the siege of Arles in 510; this city was heroically defended by its inhabitants assisted by the Ostrogothic general Tulum. Shortly afterwards (511) Clovis died, and the city of Rodez reverted to the Visigoths. The part of Provence which Theodoric had conquered remained, for the time being, united to the other territories, but, on the death of Theodoric, it became part of the Ostrogothic kingdom in consequence of a treaty between Amalaric and Theodoric's successor Athalaric.

As regards internal policy, matters were settled on the following terms: Amalaric, a minor, was to be king of the Visigoths, and his grandfather Theodoric acted as his guardian. Indeed, for fifteen years, Theodoric was the real ruler of the kingdom both in Gaul and Spain. Theodoric tried to make his rule agreeable to the Visigoths. He adhered to the system, privileges, and customs of the time of Alaric; he remitted taxation in the districts which had been especially impoverished by the war; he supplied Arles with money and provisions, and in order that his troops might not prove a burden to the inhabitants, he sent them corn and gold from Italy. His conduct as a guardian was particularly advantageous to Spain. He there displayed all the wise and vigorous policy which had rendered so illustrious his rule in Italy and which was all the more vital to Spain on account of the immorality and anarchy which had crept into the government during the decline of the Empire. Theodoric recovered for the Crown the exclusive right to coin money, which was being exercised by a few private individuals; he


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577-581] to punish those Armenian fugitives who in 571 had fled to the Empire, and these Rome absolutely declined to surrender, while Chosroes in turn persisted in his refusal to consider the cession of Dara which Tiberius demanded. In 578, when the three years' truce had all but expired, a new embassy headed by Trajan and Zacharias began the task afresh.

Meanwhile, in 578, to put a stop to the mutual dissensions of the Roman generals Tiberius appointed as commander-in-chief of the eastern troops Maurice, a Cappadocian of Arabissus, descended, it was said, from the aristocracy of old Rome, who had formerly served as the Emperor's notarius and whom, on becoming Caesar, he had created comes excubitorum. With the means supplied to him by Tiberius, Maurice at once began to raise a formidable army; he enrolled men from his own native country, and enlisted recruits from Syria, Iberia, and the province of Hanzit. With these forces he successfully invaded Arzanene, captured the strong fortress of Aphoumon, and carried back with him thousands of Persians and much spoil.

In the autumn of this year (578) Justin, who had temporarily recovered his reason, crowned Tiberius Emperor (26 Sept.) and eight days later, on 4 Oct., his troubled life was ended.

Tiberius now as ever sought military triumphs only as a means to diplomatic ends. In consequence of the victories of the summer he had in his hands numerous important captives, some of them even connexions of the royal house. He at once dispatched Zacharias and a general, Theodore by name, giving them full powers to conclude peace and offering to return the prisoners of war. The Emperor professed himself prepared to surrender Iberia and Persarmenia (but not those refugees who had fled to the shelter of the Empire), to evacuate Arzanene and to restore the fortress of Aphoumon, while in return Dara was to be given back to the Empire. Tiberius was desirous of arriving at a speedy agreement, so that the enemy might not gain time for collecting reinforcements. Despite the delay of a counter mission from Persia there was every prospect that Rome's conditions would be accepted, when in the early spring of 579 Chosroes died and was succeeded on the throne by Ormizd. Though the Emperor was willing to offer the same terms, Ormizd procrastinated, while making every effort to provision Dara and Nisibis and to raise fresh levies. At length he definitely refused to surrender Dara and stipulated anew for an annual money payment (summer, 579). The military and diplomatic operations of the years 579-581, though interesting enough in themselves, did not really alter the general position of affairs.

Thus inconclusively dragged on the long hostilities between the rival powers in the East, but in Europe the Avars had grown discontented


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The Leather Pushers

 * The Leather Pushers (1921), the original novel, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons
 * The Leather Pushers (1921), a reprint published by Grosset & Dunlap

Film adaptations

 * The Leather Pushers (1922), a silent film serial with only two surviving episodes
 * The Leather Pushers (1940), a sound film directed by John Rawlins

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 But when I was turned fourteen years old, and put into good small-clothes, buckled at the knee, and strong blue worsted hosen, knitted by my mother, it happened to me without choice, I may say, to explore the Bagworthy water. And it came about in this wise.

My mother had long been ailing, and not well able to eat much; and there is nothing that frightens us so much as for people to have no love of their victuals. Now I chanced to remember that once at the time of the holidays I had brought dear mother from Tiverton a jar of pickled loaches, caught by myself in the Lowman river, and baked in the kitchen oven, with vinegar, a few leaves of bay, and about a dozen pepper-corns. And mother had said that in all her life she had never tasted anything fit to be compared with them. Whether she said so good a thing out of compliment to my skill in catching the fish and cooking them, or whether she really meant it, is more than I can tell, though I quite believe the latter, and so would most people who tasted them; at any rate, I now resolved to get some loaches for her, and do them in the self-same manner, just to make her cat a bit.

There are many people, even now, who have not come to the right knowledge what a loach is, and where he lives, and how to catch and pickle him. And I will not tell them all about it, because if I did, very likely there would be no loaches left ten or twenty years after the appearance of this book. A pickled minnow is very good, if you catch him in a stickle, with the


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 scarlet fingers upon him; but I count him no more than the ropes in beer compared with a loach done properly.

Being resolved to catch some loaches, whatever trouble it cost me, I set forth without a word to any one, in the forenoon of St. Valentine's day, 1675–6, I think it must have been. Annie should not come with me, because the water was too cold; for the winter had been long, and snow lay here and there in patches in the hollow of the banks, like a lady's gloves forgotten. And yet the spring was breaking forth, as it always does in Devonshire, when the turn of the days is over; and though there was little to see of it, the -air was full of feeling.

It puzzles me now, that I remember all those young impressions so, because I took no heed of them at the time whatever; and yet they come upon me bright, when nothing else is evident in the grey fog of experience. I am like an old man gazing at the outside of his spectacles, and seeing, as he rubs the dust, the image of his grandson playing at bo-peep with him.

But let me be of any age, I never could forget that day, and how bitter cold the water was. For I doffed my shoes and hose, and put them into a bag about my neck; and left my little coat at home, and tied my shirtsleeves back to my shoulders. Then I took a three-pronged fork firmly bound to a rod with cord, and a piece of canvas kerchief, with a lump of bread inside it; and so went into the pebbly water, trying to think how warm it was. For more than a mile all down the


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 Lynn stream, scarcely a stone I left unturned, being thoroughly skilled in the tricks of the loach, and knowing how he hides himself. For being grey-spotted, and clear to see through, and something like a cuttlefish, only more substantial, he will stay quite still where a streak of weed is in the rapid water, hoping to be overlooked, nor caring even to wag his tail. Then being disturbed he flips away, like whalebone from the finger, and hies to a shelf of stone, and lies with his sharp head poked in under it; or sometimes he bellies him into the mud, and only shows his back-ridge. And that is the time to spear him nicely, holding the fork very gingerly, and allowing for the bent of it, which comes to pass, I know not how, at the tickle of air and water.

Or if your loach should not be abroad when first you come to look for him, but keeping snug in his little home, then you may see him come forth amazed at the quivering of the shingles, and oar himself and look at you, and then dart up-stream, like a little grey streak; and then you must try to mark him in, and follow very daintily. So after that, in a sandy place, you steal up behind his tail to him, so that he cannot set eyes on you, for his head is up-stream always, and there you see him abiding still, clear, and mild, and affable. Then, as he looks so innocent, you make full sure to prog him well, in spite of the wry of the water, and the sun making elbows to everything, and the trembling of your fingers. But when you gird at him lovingly, and have as good as gotten him, lo! in the go-by of the


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 river he is gone as a shadow goes, and only a little cloud of mud curls away from the points of the fork.

A long way down that limpid water, chill and bright as an iceberg, went my little self that day on man's choice errand—destruction. All the young fish seemed to know that I was one who had taken out God's certificate, and meant to have the value of it; every one of them was aware that we desolate more than replenish the earth. For a cow might come and look into the water, and put her yellow lips down; a kingfisher, like a blue arrow, might shoot through the dark alleys over the channel, or sit on a dipping withy-bough with his beak sunk into his breast-feathers; even an otter might float down-stream, likening himself to a log of wood, with his flat head flush with the water-top, and his oily eyes peering quietly; and yet no panic would seize other life, as it does when a sample of man comes.

Now let not any one suppose that I thought of these things when I was young, for I know not the way to do it. And proud enough in truth I was at the universal fear I spread in all those lonely places, where I myself must have been afraid, if anything had come up to me. It is all very pretty to see the trees big with their hopes of another year, though dumb as yet on the subject, and the waters murmuring gaiety, and the banks spread out with comfort; but a boy takes none of this to heart, unless he be meant for a poet (which God can never charge upon me), and he would liefer have a good apple, or even a bad one, if he stole it.

When I had travelled two miles or so, conquered