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322 under the immediate exercise of authority and power! Wishes anticipated; the acquiescence and obedience of every moment; the flattery of courtiers; the pomp of military discipline; parade of arms; sentinels at their post; the warlike sound of the drum in successive roll; the sounding instruments of a military band, ever within orders to pour the martial air; all doing honour to the General, who was attended as a prince. And so De Brooke moved, was courted, observed, and almost worshiped; add to all this, the private enjoyment of a handsome income, with everything state, equipage, and retinue could bestow.

Raised to a just sense of his own importance by the necessity of subordination in the different ranks beneath him, De Brooke, notwithstanding this pomp surrounding him, tempered his control by moderation and philanthropy; assuming nothing but what his high command rendered imperatively his duty to execute as due to his office, nor placing himself personally above the level of ordinary society.

Possessing the warm sympathies of humanity, often were the poor in his neighbourhood seen to follow him, invoking blessings upon his head: "Ah, there he goes; there goes the General, that even one poor like I can speak to!" When not