Codlin : in Dickens’ Old Curiosity Shop Codlin & Short travel with a Punch & Judy show. Codlin suspects little Nell & her grandfather have run away with their friends & to get the reward for their discovery, assures Nell, “Codlin’s the friend, not Short”.
... moderate friends, it appears, have been labouring under a serious delusion. The Liberal party cannot give us reform even if it would, but there is one who can and will, and it is—the Government of India! Codlin's the friend, not Short. We congratulate our moderate friends on the delightful choice that is open to them. Minto's the sympathiser, not Morley—Minto will give you Swaraj,—the Englishman stands guarantee ...
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