Paul Clifford — Volume 06
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In addition to being a politician, he wrote across all genres, from horror stories to historical fiction and action titles.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, engl. Romanschriftsteller und Politiker, ist bekannt geworden durch seine populären historischen/metaphysischen und unvergleichlichen Romane wie „Zanoni“, „Rienzi“, „Die letzten Tage von Pompeji“ und „Das kommende Geschlecht“. Ihm wird die Mitgliedschaft in der sagenumwobenen Gemeinschaft der Rosenkreuzer nachgesagt. 1852 wurde er zum Kolonialminister von Großbritannien ernannt.
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Paul Clifford — Volume 06 - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
PAUL CLIFFORD — VOLUME 06
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Paul Clifford — Volume 06
By
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Paul Clifford — Volume 06
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First published circa 1873
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
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WHEN THE IRREVERENT MR. PEPPER had warmed his hands sufficiently to be able to transfer them from the fire, he lifted the right palm, and with an indecent jocularity of spirits, accosted the ci-devant ornament of The Asinaeum
with a sounding slap on his back, or some such part of his conformation.
Ah, old boy!
said he, is this the way you keep house for us? A fire not large enough to roast a nit, and a supper too small to fatten him beforehand! But how the deuce should you know how to provender for gentlemen? You thought you were in Scotland, I’ll be bound!
Perhaps he did when he looked upon you, Ned!
said Tomlinson, gravely; ‘t is but rarely out of Scotland that a man can see so big a rogue in so little a compass!
Mr. MacGrawler, into whose eyes the palmistry of Long Ned had brought tears of sincere feeling, and who had hitherto been rubbing the afflicted part, now grumbled forth,—
You may say what you please, Mr. Pepper, but it is not often in my country that men of genius are seen performing the part of cook to robbers!
No!
quoth Tomlinson, they are performing the more profitable part of robbers to cooks, eh!
Damme, you’re out,
cried Long Ned,—for in that country there are either no robbers, because there is nothing to rob; or the inhabitants are all robbers, who have plundered one another, and made away with the booty!
May the de’il catch thee!
said MacGrawler, stung to the quick,—for, like all Scots, he was a patriot; much on the same principle as a woman who has the worst children makes the best mother.
The de’il,
said Ned, mimicking the silver sound,
as Sir W. Scott had been pleased facetiously to call the mountain tongue
(the Scots in general seem to think it is silver, they keep it so carefully) the de’il,—MacDeil, you mean, sure, the gentleman must have been a Scotchman!
The sage grinned in spite; but remembering the patience of Epictetus when a slave, and mindful also of the strong arm of Long Ned, he curbed his temper, and turned the beefsteaks with his fork.
Well, Ned,
said Augustus, throwing himself into a chair, which he drew to the fire, while he gently patted the huge limbs of Mr. Pepper, as if to admonish him that they were not so transparent as glass, let us look at the fire; and, by the by, it is your turn to see to the horses.
Plague on it!
cried Ned; it is always my turn, I think. Holla, you Scot of the pot! can’t you prove that I groomed the beasts last? I’ll give you a crown to do it.
The wise MacGrawler pricked up his ears.
A crown!
said he,—a crown! Do you mean to insult me, Mr. Pepper? But, to be sure, you did see to the horses last; and this worthy gentleman, Mr. Tomlinson, must remember it too.
How!
cried Augustus; you are mistaken, and I’ll give you half a guinea to prove it.
MacGrawler opened his eyes larger and larger, even as you may see a small circle in the water widen into enormity, if you disturb the equanimity of the surface by the obtrusion of a foreign substance.
Half a guinea!
said he; nay, nay, you joke. I’m not mercenary. You think I am! Pooh, pooh! you are mistaken; I’m a man who means weel, a man of veracity, and will speak the truth in spite of all the half- guineas in the world. But certainly, now I begin to think of it, Mr. Tomlinson did see to the creatures last; and, Mr. Pepper, it is your turn.
A very Daniel!
said Tomlinson, chuckling in his usual dry manner.
Ned, don’t you hear the horses neigh?
Oh, hang the horses!
said the volatile Pepper, forgetting everything else, as he thrust his hands in his pockets, and felt the gains of the night; let us first look to our winnings!
So saying, he marched towards the table, and emptied his pockets thereon. Tomlinson, nothing loath, followed the example. Heavens! what exclamations of delight issued from the scoundrels’ lips, as, one by one, they inspected their new acquisitions!
Here’s a magnificent creature!
cried Ned, handling that superb watch studded with jewels which the poor earl had once before unavailingly redeemed,—a repeater, by Jove!
I hope not,
said the phlegmatic Augustus; repeaters will not tell well for your conversation, Ned! But, powers that be! look at this ring,—a diamond of the first water!
Oh, the sparkler! it makes one’s mouth water as much as itself. ‘Sdeath, here’s a precious box for a sneezer,—a picture inside, and rubies outside! The old fellow had excellent taste; it would charm him to see how pleased we are with his choice of jewelry!
Talking of jewelry,
said Tomlinson, I had almost forgotten the morocco case. Between you and me, I imagine we have a prize there; it looks like a jewel casket!
So saying, the robber opened that case which on many a gala day had lent lustre to the polished person of Mauleverer. Oh, reader, the burst of rapture that ensued! Imagine it! we cannot express it. Like the Grecian painter, we drop a veil over emotions too deep for words.
But here,
said Pepper, when they had almost exhausted their transports at sight of the diamonds,—"here’s a purse,—fifty guineas! And what’s this? Notes, by Jupiter! We must change them to-morrow before they are stopped. Curse those fellows at the Bank!