A fictitious glory settled upon me then, from which I have never escaped.

They called me Hannibal.
I was not consulted, or I should have opposed the name.

It confirmed me in a false position.

There was no chance of not being a hero with such a name, and I was in for it literally before I knew where I was.
The day I first walked, General Havelock was a fool to me.

I must have been eighteen months at the time, but when the word went forth, "Hannibal walks!" I was simply deafened by the applause which greeted my feat.