HAILEYBURY COLLEGE. 



CHAPTER IX. 



A GLIMPSE OF OLD HAILEYBURY. 



N my arrival at the East India College at Haileybury 

 I fell into the ranks of the embryo Bengal adminis- 

 trators who were known as the " Heaven-born." 

 Whether this name was given in sarcasm or not I 

 never cared to ask, for after so many years of 

 qualifying for a prominent position in the Dunciad 

 it sounded very pleasant, and I was content to 

 imagine that it implied superior knowledge not usually meted out 

 to mortals. Accordingly I felt several inches taller than before, and 

 would bring out scraps of Latin — probably misquoted — when I 

 conversed with those who seemed more ignorant than myself, 

 assuming at the same time what appeared to me a grave and 

 thoughtful air. 



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