Colonel Quaritch, V.C. - A Tale of Country Life

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Colonel Quaritch, V.C., by H. Rider HaggardThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country LifeAuthor: H. Rider HaggardRelease Date: April 3, 2004 [EBook #11882]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COLONEL QUARITCH, V.C. ***Produced by John Bickers and DagnyCOLONEL QUARITCH, V.C.By H. Rider HaggardFirst Published 1888.Etext prepared by John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz and Dagny, dagnypg@yahoo.comCOLONEL QUARITCH, V.C.A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFEBYH. RIDER HAGGARDI DedicateThis Tale of Country LifeToMy Friend and Fellow-Sportsman,CHARLES J. LONGMANPREPARER'S NOTE This text was prepared from an 1889 edition published by Longmans, Green and Co., printed by Kelly and Co., Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.; and Middle Mill, Kingston-on-Thames.COLONEL QUARITCH, V.C.A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFECHAPTER IHAROLD QUARITCH MEDITATESThere are things and there are faces which, when felt or seen for the first time, stamp themselves upon the mind like asun image on a sensitized plate and there remain unalterably fixed. To take the instance of a face—we may never see itagain, or it may become the companion of our life, but there the picture is just as we /first/ ...