The governor, Lord Mallow, is much to blame.

On him lies the responsibility; to him must go the discredit.

For myself, I feel his enmity on every hand.

I suffer from his suggestions; I am the victim of his dark moods.
If I want a concession from a local council, his hand is at work against me; if I see him in the street, I get a courtesy tossed, as you would toss a bone to a dog.

If I appear at the king's ball, which is open to all on the island who are respectable, I am treated with such disdain by the viceroy of the king that all the island is agog.