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...tury India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machinations of a sinister cult of Kali; the horrors of the Indian Mutiny: are the themes woven into the rich backcloth of ?THE CURSE OF KALI?. In this turbulent setting are a man and a woman whose destinies ...

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...ent prepared by her merchants and, with the flourish of her famous signature and the stamp of the Royal Seal, granted a Charter to the Honourable Ea... ...arrying out their pernicious trade and no doubt the Arab captains thought our merchant ship was a Royal Navy vessel.’ A more felicitous event was t... ...n the heat of June with no water. He wrote of the overpowering stench of urine, vomit, excrement, corpses and sweat and when at last, after ten appa... ...nd are called “garrials”. They are very useful for disposing of the half-charred remains of Hindu corpses, which float down the river from Benares.’... ...te as a sleepy crocodile opened its reptilian eyes and slid down the river bank. Had it spotted a corpse amidst all the flotsam and jetsam of the mu... ... As they approached the Residency, large iron gates bearing the East India Company’s crest - the Royal Arms and the flag of St. George - were opene... ...s smile, before he spurred Sultan into a brisk canter. Helen, watching the dust from the horses’ flying hooves as the broad back of her husband dis... ...e curve of her full breasts and stamped her feet to the beat of the castanets, her glorious hair flying about her shoulders as she moved her head fr... ...rtled Isabel and sent it crashing to the floor, shards of broken Audrey Blankenhagen 172 china flying in all directions. ‘How dare you enter witho...

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... even notice!” “Sure he would, it would create more work for him having to cart out our corpses, and then he’d have no one else to do his grunt wor... ...yrus had a painting depicting an outdoor ceremony or celebration with what seemed to be a royal couple standing with their hands out- stretched, as i... ...wore golden circlets atop their heads. The plates of food and bushels of crops beside the royal couple would indicate they either had a good harvest... ... these things into context as best we can and search- ing for any other references to this royal couple. And let us know if we can safely take the sc... ... will have been kind enough to hide our canopic jars with our bodies. With our organs and corpses, you could put us back together,” Alex replied. “... ...ediately he heard a snapping sound. He instinctively ducked, expecting something to come flying out at him. “Are you all right?” Alex asked nervous... ...erated throughout the city, and had broken through the Palace walls. Dust and debris were flying everywhere. The air was choked with smoke and the c... ... shook his head, “You have done no one any favors.” With that, he motioned for the police officers to take him away. CHAPTER 80...

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...loneness. It was an early Bangkok morning with a new day tripping over the corpse of the earlier one the way dogs on the Bangkok sidewalks were walked... ...tained fantasies that he would desire. Despite Thai's reverence for royalty, the three of them went down Ramkhamhaeng Road without even thinkin... ... the kinetic movements of linguistic moans. "What airline will you be flying out of?" asked the taxi driver. Following patriarchal social etiquet... ... but failed to say anything. Then he closed his mouth in fear of an insect flying into it. "At any rate, why isn't one tent used throughout the r... ...l field of dirt. The radio mentioned that hundreds of boys and girls were flying kites there. I was planning to buy a kite and fly mine with the hun... ... they picked up humans with their trunks, and oarsmen in the facsimiles of royal barges competing against each other. The boats had the same body and... ...on shows they had seen of the kings' ancient boats that were housed in the Royal Barge Museum. The night and its dark appetites were mature... ...le haven't a clue what really happens to one's body after death. Decaying corpses would of course be better than this but they are vile to one's nose... ...ind was filled with images of half-headed beings, twisted skeletons, rigid corpses like old ochre vases, the naked man and the woman floating in their...

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...alliance with Earth and the pair are assigned the mission of discovering the aliens' secrets. Crown Prince Dex LoudRoar is a Gatoan warrior and a royal with a terrible secret. His people wage a constant war against their enemy, the Lupinious empire. But the tide of battle is turning and his people seek help from a new source: the humans of Earth. With an interstell...

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...her than stoicism in this place made you a target. She assessed the three officers. Two bore General bars and the third, a lean, weasel-face man, ha... ...hink he’s Special Ops?:: ::Possibly. Or he could be part of the Diplomatic Corps. Who knows? They’re coming this way. Whatever you do, behave and be ... ...ir!” Jewels and Jeremy replied in unison before falling in line behind the officers. She was brimming with curiosity, but behaved herself. Answers wo... ...with the landing coordinates. Eight of our finest warriors will act as our royal escort when we meet them tomorrow.” “This is good news indeed, my so... ... the ship lay the well-guarded female sanctum. Females from the different royal bloodlines lounged about enjoying the humidity. Large wisdom trees gr... ... females and was irritated. Mixed bloods were not uncommon, but among the Royals they were rare. She had heard all the stories of the grand love of K... ... to her spot in the courtyard. About one hundred of the base's personnel, officers and soldiers had lined up to greet the arriving visitors. She slid... ... didn't see Bonebreaker's fist until it connected with his jaw and he went flying. He crashed into the stone table and lay there moaning in pain. He ... ...im to be her anchor like she needed air to live. The others could take a flying leap off a short pier for all she cared. Elenora cleared her throat ...

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... the crumbs of his fruit pastries. He just lay there with the hours like a corpse in a morgue, eating and filling dead space with his crumbs. Sometime... ...l demeanor the room was filled with their unrestrained, desperate thoughts flying through the air in sundry shades of every color; and others seeming ... ... he told himself; and thus his own were majestic and august even though no royal blood was puissant within the undulations of his veins. 6 It seemed t... ...y preserved in one's wretched thoughts, preserved like the male and female corpses at Siriaj Hospital who, despite their slit bodies acting the part o... ... He wanted to stay like this forever but thoughts, like muscles in a fresh corpse, began their spasms to be restored. They fought for redemption of th... ...s distorted by his giddy softly cackling laughter] The bathroom is just my royal consort. - What did you say? - Forget it. He was basking in being mis... ...orld seemed to be turning into a gas. For a few seconds he imagined geckos flying low in an air born mist moving like low-flying, prey-seeking pelican... ...nto the sodden waters under darkening skies. There was a flock of pelicans flying overhead, and geckos trying to elude the birds by floating on top of... ...unity to eat a scanty sustenance was provided by the king himself and that royal cuisine of this nature was not to be passed by. "khortoht [excuse me]...

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...cesses of her brain and feeling a tie to him, the thought of her mother’s corpse rotting in her grave and of her own tenuous presence on Earth, sank ... ...ese waters, which would most certainly spit her out as a bloated floating corpse, alligators, as rare as they were, might maul the cadaver. Ther... ...tes, to show her Louisiana identification card to the inspection of police officers, to leave the public areas of parks, and other miscellaneous inte... ...nd scurried away as one amorphous fog; revealed is the partially devoured corpses of an old ladybug and gentlemanbug underneath. Hadn’t they gotten ... ...s their help was infrequent, the meals, for those who ate them, were like royal banquets. "You lookin' good. I'd trade'n everythin' on the taba for... ...on, had surreptitiously leapt from heart to mouth, before mutating like a flying cockroach, and transferring to him the adulteration of banal words t... ...ght. There, she dumps out the content of the bed pan and relieves herself royally in the garish space] Chapter Seven Denuded; clothes washed ... ...can do it covertly. Go down and then go back up again to higher realms of flying reindeer, flying babes, flying moments of fleeting lechery, flying ... ...t one with the child whose father blows him away with a shotgun as police officers approach his car, the totally paralyzed who feel the indignity of ...

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...of silver and velvet draped over his chest. The seal of Orland was engraved on the officers’ armor and they wore it like a banner. Alin was a fair m... ... “I can’t slow it down!” Idel yelled. Banier and Idel worked hard, their hands flying across the keypads as the atmosphere collided into them. T... ...inst them. Humans fear what is different. The machines managed to reanimate human corpses and meld with them to create a new race of the two. ... ...igh. Saria and Peronin stood on each side of Saron’s horse in their steel armor and royal blue robes. Elven war ships loomed in the distance against ...

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...ve imagination of the eighteenth century. Teams used steel hooks to drag corpses to the mounds, their blood already drying in the early morning hea... ...u like, but I suggest you do something immediately or you'll be holding a corpse sooner than you think." Their eyes fixed on one another with equal ... ... Atlas, she assumed that a certain woman had given the outsider the right royal treatment. Considering the lack of surface nutrition, he appeared to... ... that’s his bunk under you. The others are spare for the on duty security officers." Atlas saw the Nomad look at the armed man in the doorway. "Sorr... ...stic chairs at the large laminated top table. Pressing between two seated officers, her response to Shaun aired disappointment. "That's not the issue... ...aced on lower level storage tanks. Under the protection of armed security officers, children and pregnant woman were evacuated to a safe area, surro... ... "I agree," David said. "We don't want to be jump starting her with plates flying over our heads." Although David hadn’t meant to offend, Shaun became... ...ound that has everyone edgy aye." Brendan shifted his sights with Roxanne flying through the door. Although trying to catch her breath, she called fo...

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.... Yang Lin, parting from their movement toward the steps that led toward the Royal Museum, began to walk to a distant place where a woman in a western... ...t of his life did this man make? Disconnection ran amuck looting the benign corpses of good memories. After sitting himself on a bench in front of t... ...nly assorted and things being scooted. "Who is it?" "It's me. I don't give a flying f-- what your apartment looks like!" "G-a-b-r-i-e-l-e!" Lily said ... ...lled with the painful images of a whole ecosystem made into black and tarred corpses. She put her hand over her mouth and ran into the bathroom. She f... ...n Kansas under the auspices of an aunt be different? She glanced down at the corpses at her feet unflinchingly and then over to where Peggy was suppos... ...uld have hated them not for any petty personal grievance (she didn't "give a flying f--" what they thought of her) but for reasons totally outside her... ...t deal that he said to stay sane. "Castle, house, house, castle--who gives a flying f--" permeated through her brain tissue. She loved this egocentric... ...ive. It is a place for a young woman to hope that one of the American naval officers that she sells herself to will actually want more than a...como ... ...anyhow as proven by how he had been treated at the airport. The immigration officers had put him through an inquisition suited to potential terrorist...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1 Exposition. Notwithstanding the discipline which Marechal Suchet had introduced into his army corps, he was unable to prevent a short period of trouble and disorder at the taking of Tarragona. According to certain fair-minded military men, this intoxication of victory bore a striking resemblance to pillage, though the...

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...STANDING the discipline which Marechal Suchet had introduced into his army corps, he was unable to prevent a short period of trouble and disorder at t... ... degenerated for a time into a slight pillage. This regiment possessed two officers, not at all remarkable among these men of iron, who played, nevert... ...h the air of a man who was ready to demolish every- thing; but his brother officers did not esteem him. The for- tune he possessed made him cautious. ... ...d to have nothing of their own. Montefiore was also a gambler, and all the officers of the regiment played with the pair; for, to the shame of men be ... ...name Marana was to her what the designation of Stuart is to the celebrated royal race of Scotland, a name of distinction sub- stituted for the patrony... ...the skies of Naples, the climax of her life of luxury, on hearing from her royal lover of the events in Spain and the siege of T arragona. 26 Juana “... ...n of honor. He forced Montefiore to leave the regi- ment and even the army corps, so that his wife might never meet him during the time they remained ... ...antly, like the wheels mentioned in Holy Writ. Perhaps he felt the need of flying from himself. Without wearying of Juana, with- out blaming Juana, hi...

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...ce and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the President of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Con...

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...n V olume Six of Seven Abraham Lincoln 1862-1863 RECOMMENDATION OF NA V AL OFFICERS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. W ASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 1862. TO SENATE AN... ... line to get troops for other places that it was broken yesterday at Front Royal, with a probable loss to us of one regiment infan- try, two Companies... ...ession as to the number of the enemy’s forces north of Strasburg and Front Royal. Are the forces still moving north through the gap at Front Royal and... ...ohnson are pouring through the gap they made day before yesterday at Front Royal, making a dash northward. It will be a very valuable and very honorab... ...day, reminding me of a supposed un- derstanding that I would furnish you a corps of 35,000 men, and asking of me the “fulfilment of this understanding... ...u have done your best, so have I. I have not the power now to fill up your Corps to 35,000. I am not demanding of you to do the work of 35,000. I am o... ...tofore under com- mand of General Fremont, shall constitute the First Army Corps, under the command of General Fremont; the troops of the Shenandoah D... ...r delay the Chattanooga expedition. Please tell me could you not make me a flying visit for con- sultation without endangering the Service in your dep... ...n Maryland, be- tween Fredericktown and Hagerstown. He is now pursuing the flying foe. A. LINCOLN. [But not very fast—and he did not catch them! D.W.]...

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... young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some critical observations of ours upon their sovereign, threatening Africa?s fires and savagery....

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...have given him anything— the last word in favour of the Country versus the royal Mar- tyr, for example, had he insisted on it. She gathered, bit by bi... ...lion than crush the one-horned intrusive upstart. His calling on the crack corps of Peers to enrol themselves forthwith in the front ranks, and to ant... ...h face con- cerning the declaration of war, and told with approval how the Royal hand had trembled in committing itself to the form of signature to wh... ...e had an exciting savour in its introduc- tory chapter; but his friend was flying through the circles of the Inferno, and the babble of an ephemeral u... ...ces above her own swayed and hur- ried her like a lifeless body dragged by flying wheels: they could not unnerve her will, or rather, what it really w... ...that I cannot suffer you to be borne away.’ ‘No; do not!’ But the boat was flying fast from V enice, and she could have fallen at his feet and kissed ... ...What writing! He was uplifted as ‘The heroical Commander Beauchamp, of the Royal Navy,’ and ‘Commander Beauchamp, R.N., a gentleman of the highest con... ...n acrid saliva, withering where it drops; in the way of fellowship it is a corpse-emanation. As 208 Beauchamp’s Career to wit, the sneer is the cloak... ...ed her to let him have Roland’s exact address. She named the regiment, the corps d’armee, the postal town, and the department. ‘Roland will come at a ...

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...r of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter....

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... sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two... ...her off, the Helvetia, of the Compagnie-Nationale, and the Shannon, of the Royal Mail Steamship Company, sailing to windward in that portion of the At... ... under the waves, but sadder still was the sight of the bridge, where some corpses, bound with ropes, were still lying. I counted five—four men, one o... ...er of giltheads, about one and a half inches long, tasting like dorys; and flying fire-fish like submarine swal- lows, which, in dark nights, light al... ...rk.” Indeed, under the thick foliage of this wood, a world of parrots were flying from branch to branch, only needing a careful education to speak the... ...ot that I know of.” “Well, my friend, this earth will one day be that cold corpse; it will become uninhabitable and uninhabited like the moon, which h... ...and had a strong party against him abroad. Indeed, the preceding year, the royal houses of Holland, Austria, and England had concluded a treaty of all... ...four leagues which separated it from the ocean, and, after emerging like a flying-fish, fell, making the waves rebound to an enormous height. 205 Jul... ...ng like the waves breaking on the shore. Captain Nemo steered close to the corpse of the creature. Two of his men mounted its side, and I saw, not wit...

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...Excerpt: The Shade of Cardinal Richelieu. In a splendid chamber of the Palais Royal, formerly styled the Palais Cardinal, a man was sitting in deep reverie, his head supported on his hands, leaning over a gilt and inlaid table which was covered with letters and papers. Behind this figure glowed a vast ...

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...rsity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Dumas Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas [Pere] Chapter 1 The Shade ... ...inister; as well as from the distant and incessant sounds of guns fir- ing—let off, happily, without other end or aim, except to show to the guards, t... ...oises prove to me, indeed, that the destiny of favorites is precarious; but ye shall know I am no ordinary favorite. No! The Earl of Essex, ’tis true,... ..., respect royalty, that Divine right, that celestial spark which makes this dust still powerful and holy, so that we—gentle- men, nevertheless, of ran... ...tood everything. The enemy was march- ing upon Lens, with the intention, doubtless, of securing possession of that town and separating from France the... ...ted the posts and gave his final orders for the following day. Three things were especially urged upon the officers, who were to see that the soldiers... ...notwithstanding, you tax with fear—not with bravado, that is not my way; but I am firm. Imitate 393 Dumas me. Make less hubbub and think more deeply.... ...ith Athos, embraced them both. “Sire,” said Winter, who in this trying emergency felt all his strength and energy fire up, “we are ready.” The king lo... ...the regiment of Corinth, which the coad- jutor had not been able to reorganize in spite of all his efforts, threw itself into the midst of the Parisia...

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...mly sunk together, like one that had not the force even to die. Was French Royalty, when wrenched forth from its tap- estries in that fashion, on that... ...th of October 1789, 7 Thomas Carlyle such a victim? Universal France, and Royal Proclamation to all the Provinces, answers anxiously, No; nevertheles... ...the Provinces, answers anxiously, No; nevertheless one may fear the worst. Royalty was beforehand so decrepit, moribund, there is little life in it to... ...ring tact. Thus, if People’s-friend Marat has to-day his writ of ‘prise de corps, or seizure of body, ’ served on him, and dives out of sight, tomorro... ...o the President, ’ justly transport himself across the Marches; to raise a corps, or do what else is in him. Royalism totally abandons that Bobadilian... ...o far as it can be said to have any fixed plan, is still, as ever, that of flying towards the fron- tiers. In very truth, the only plan of the smalles... ...tle hope there is in all this. Alas, with whom to fly? Our loyal Gardes-du-Corps, ever since the Insurrection of Women, are disbanded; gone to their h... ... of two Worlds almost loses temper. He accelerates, does not re- tard, the flying Chevaliers; delivers, indeed, this or the other hunted Loyalist of q... ...Why could not Royalty go in some old Berline similar to that of other men? Flying for life, one does not stickle about his vehicle. Monsieur, in a com...

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... as the war worn regiment marches past the worshiping multitude with flags flying and the drums beating. After that he will be as se curely brave as ... ...elling power; we have no other. Without it we should be mere inert images, corpses; no one would do anything, there would be no progress, the world wo... ...he women and children. When the death moment was come, the colonel and his officers took their several posts, the men stood at shoulder arms, and so, ... ...he men stood at shoulder arms, and so, as on dress parade, with their flag flying and the drums beating, they went down, a sacrifice to duty for duty’... ...uld not force my mind to stick to it even half a minute at a time; it kept flying off to the other text. O.M. What was the other text? Y.M. It is no m... ...six of the Henrys cover 227 years. It might have been well to name all the royal princes Henry, but this was overlooked until it was too late. ( Image... ...orld—Bosworth Field—and tradition says it never grew there until Richard’s royal blood warmed its hidden seed to life and made it grow. Henry VII.; tw... ...ing them: THE COMMANDER: “He was in my army.” THE GENERAL: “He was in my corps.” THE COLONEL: “He was in my regiment. A brute. I remember him well.... ...d they cover with derision every argument that can be invented in favor of royalty by the most ingenious casuist. In his time the husband of this prin...

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...ilver spurs and tassels, set off to admiration the handsome persons of the officers of our corps. We wore powder in those days; and a regulation pigta... ...tassels, set off to admiration the handsome persons of the officers of our corps. We wore powder in those days; and a regulation pigtail of seventeen ... ...eedily became a prime favourite with himself and the other officers of the corps. Jowler was the most hospitable of men; and gratifying my appetite an... ... are the bravest, the most modest, and, perhaps, the handsomest man in our corps; but you have not got a single rupee. Y ou ask me for Julia, and you ... ...amp, surprised, for the enemy had perceived us, and the cannon- balls were flying about as thick as peas. “Here, sir!” said the old General, stamping ... ...offered them an excellent food. Towards the spot which the golden fish and royal purdahs, floating in the wind, desig- nated as the tent of Holkar, le... ...and the celebrated Persian matchlock-men: it was the feeding time of these royal brutes, and the grooms were ob- served bringing immense toffungs, or ... ... The ruffians were mustered in front, the cavalry be- hind. The flags were flying, the drums, gongs, tambourines, vio- loncellos, and other instrument... ...upon regi- ment of galloping British horsemen riding over the ranks of the flying natives. First of the host, I recognised, O Heaven! my Ahmednuggar I...

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...s a pleasure to the eye. They are birds of the sea, whose swimming is like flying, and resembles more a natural function than the handling of man-inve... ... masters of the fine art. 28 The Mirror of the Sea Some of them were like Royal Academicians of a certain kind. They never startled you by a touch of... ...ur spars than any amount of running aloft could do. And yet in my time the royal yards of an average profitable ship were a good way up above her deck... ...nerally happened in this way: Night, clouds racing overhead, wind howling, royals set, and the ship rushing on in the dark, an immense white sheet of ... ... waste ground, the vision of ships frozen in a row, appearing vaguely like corpses of black vessels in a white world, so silent, so lifeless, so soull... ... seemed to be. With precaution I would go up the side of my own particular corpse, and would feel her as cold as ice itself and as slippery under my f... ... meant to turn over with us, the barque, her decks full of water, her gear flying in bights, ran at some ten knots an hour. We had been driven far sou... ...winds. So that big steamer, dying by a sudden stroke, drifted, an unwieldy corpse, away from the track of other ships. And she would have been posted ... ... the sails we had set had burst; the furled ones were blowing loose, ropes flying, sea hissing—it hissed tremendously—wind howling, and the ship lying...

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...! Hither, as a main element of the Governing Power, has Marat been raised. Royalist types, for we have ‘suppressed’ innumerable Durosoys, Royous, and ... ...the 21st, while our Court is but four days old, Collenot d’Angremont, ‘the Royal enlister’ (crimp, embaucheur) dies by torch-light. For, lo, the great... ... of the Civil List, follows next; quietly, the mild old man. Then Durosoy, Royalist Placarder, ‘cashier of all the Anti-Revolutionists of the interior... ...ning the North. Not Metz-land now, but the Clermontais is getting harried; flying hulans and huzzars have been seen on the Chalons Road, almost as far... ...interjections: and old gentle- men, in their shirts, ‘leapt garden-walls;’ flying, while none pursued; one of whom unfortunately broke his leg. (Beaum... ...er. And another sinks, and another; and there forms itself a piled heap of corpses, and the kennels begin to run red. Fancy the yells of these men, th... ...ments; but without ef- fect, for we heard them say: “Come search among the corpses then: for, nom de Dieu! we must find where he is.” ‘At this time, I... ...nd escaped. ‘One may fancy what terror these words, “Come search among the corpses then,” had thrown me into. I saw noth- ing for it now but resigning... ...ember is otherwise a great day. For, observe, while Kellermann’s horse was flying blown from under him at the Mill of Valmy, our new National Deputies...

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...led in the time of the Indian Mutiny, when every English man and woman was flying from the rage of the Sepoys at Benares, and Dr. Hay alone remained b... ...pital, whose life de- pended on his care—many of them of those very native corps who were advancing to massacre him. This was the Roman sentry’s firmn... ...to take care that, if he should fall in the battle, they would prevent his corpse from being left unburied; for the Greeks believed that till the fune... ...of the deserted field of battles, and herself covered with loose earth the corpse of Polynices. The barbarous uncle caused it to be taken up and again... ...aniculum is lost, Nought else can save the town.’ ‘Just then a scout came flying, All wild with haste and fear: ‘To arms! To arms! Sir Consul, Lars... ...he called the jarls away, and returning humbly to his palace, took off his royal robes, and came again barefoot and in sackcloth to the church door, w... ...est in England. This whole glittering army, at their head the King’s great royal standard bearing the golden lilies of France quartered with the lions... ...t behind the English army, the knights’ armor glancing and their pen- nons flying in the moonlight, so as to be a beautiful sight to the hungry garris... ... ever since the disputed succession of Bruce and Balliol had unsettled all royal authority, and led to one perpetual war with the English. The twenty ...