He spoke as he had seldom spoken, and he secured a bond from Ismail, which might not be broken. He also secured three thousand pounds of the Khedive's borrowings from Europe, on Kingsley's promise that it should be returned five-fold. That was how Kingsley got started in the world again, how he went mining in the desert afar, where pashas and mamours could not worry him.

He spoke as he had seldom spoken, and he secured a bond from Ismail, which might not be broken. He also secured three thousand pounds of the Khedive's borrowings from Europe, on Kingsley's promise that it should be returned five-fold. That was how Kingsley got started in the world again, how he went mining in the desert afar, where pashas and mamours could not worry him.