. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . eventeen.*Hastings had taken great carethat the royal salute should notbe given. Francis was pride was wounded. Whenhe met Hastings the receptionwas cold and formal. He tookno pains to conceal his sense ofinjury. A few ounces more ofgunpowder would probably havemade them cordial friends. Butnow there could be no fust atlVont laid the foun-dation of that bitter hostility ofFrancis to Ilastings and his ad-ministration, sharpened the pen of Francis for invective and satire hardly less keen than onefinds in th
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . eventeen.*Hastings had taken great carethat the royal salute should notbe given. Francis was pride was wounded. Whenhe met Hastings the receptionwas cold and formal. He tookno pains to conceal his sense ofinjury. A few ounces more ofgunpowder would probably havemade them cordial friends. Butnow there could be no fust atlVont laid the foun-dation of that bitter hostility ofFrancis to Ilastings and his ad-ministration, sharpened the pen of Francis for invective and satire hardly less keen than onefinds in the Letters of Junius, and Led to a duel between thetwo in India which resulted in the wounding of Francis andthat trial of Hastings by the House of Commons which shookall England and her distant colonies. Francis indulged in all the license and splendor which his po-sition, salary, and skill in gaming permitted. It is said that bepaid a lent of |60,000 a year for his house, employed L04 serv-ants, and had his grand dinners and balls. lint all the while he. jm sik PHILIP !i: \m re , •• Ki-hors from old Calcutta,p. 55. 394 INDIEA. watched Hastings with an eagle eve. Never has the Indianmail carried back to England more violent attacks on a gov-ernor-general than those of Francis against Hastings. Duringall the first years of his stay in India he underestimated thegenius of his foe. Hastings triumphed in the end. His pen,and that endurance which resembled the patience of stupid-ity, triumphed over the malignity of the temper and the am-bition and the venomous pen of even Philip Francis. The relation of Francis to Madame Grand belongs to the so-cial history of India, France, and England. This woman wasone of the most beautiful and fascinating of her times. Shecombined all the winning charms of her French origin, her Eng-lish training, and her Indian home. Her maiden name wasWerlee. She was born November 21, 17(32. The place of herbirth was Anjengo, in the Danish settleme
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