I do not give my sick the mere ink in which a charm is written , but hot and rending drugs which descend and wrestle with the evil . ' ` Very mightily they do so , ' sighed the old lady . The voice launched into an immense tale of misfortune and bankruptcy , studded with plentiful petitions to the Government . ` But for my fate , which overrules all , I had been now in Government employ . I bear a degree from the great school at Calcutta -- whither , maybe , the son of this House shall go . ' ` He shall indeed . If our neighbour 's brat can in a few years be made an F A ' -LRB- First Arts -- she used the English word , of which she had heard so often -RRB- , ` how much more shall children clever as some that I know bear away prizes at rich Calcutta . ' ` Never , ' said the voice , ` have I seen such a child ! Born in an auspicious hour , and -- but for that colic which , alas ! turning into black cholers , may carry him off like a pigeon -- destined to many years , he is enviable . ' ` Hai mai ! ' said the old lady . ` To praise children is inauspicious , or I could listen to this talk . But the back of the house is unguarded , and even in this soft air men think themselves to be men , and women we know ... The child 's father is away too , and I must be chowkedar -LSB- watchman -RSB- in my old age . Up ! Up ! Take up the palanquin . Let the hakim and the young priest settle between them whether charms or medicine most avail . Ho ! worthless people , fetch tobacco for the guests , and -- round the homestead go I ! '
The XXXXX reeled off , followed by straggling torches and a horde of dogs .
English Hai brat cholers colic drugs hour neighbour palanquin whither