The baronet
In the beginning of the story, a reader gets a chance to enjoy an image of a baronet. Let’s think about the associations with this word and we will probably name such traits as noble, aristocratic, well-dressed etc! The image, the author provides us with, corresponds our idea. His face “might once have been accustomed as handsome”, his features are “mainly and striking”, with “the largest” eyebrows. His person is “tall and well-made”, his remarks are “few”. Although the narrator meets his only once or twice, his image is preserved in his mind. This image gives a feeling that the baronet is a remarkable person.
Bedlam
Mr. Harley and others were led by the conductor “to the dismal mansions of those who are in the most horrid state of incurable madness”. They heard “the clanking of chains, the wildness of their cries, and the imprecations which some of them uttered”. All of these “formed a scene inexpressibly shocking”. Mr. Harley and his companions “begged their guide to return”. This imagery was supposed to create feelings of uneasiness and fear.
Bitter parting
Old Edwards and his son Jack were close. When Mr. Edwards agreed to go to India, it was a real tragedy for all of them, for it “was the first time we ever had parted”. They could barely “keep from tears”. However, even the sergeant, “who seemed the softest before”, didn’t give them enough time to bid farewell. The old man was conducted to “a party of new-raised recruits, who lay at the village in the neighborhood”. This imagery awakes a feeling of sadness.
