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He despatched an envoy to express his deepest sympathy, his hopes for better health, and a desire to know the extent of his wounds. Then, when Mac reached England, the Sultan sent further messages and inquiries concerning the trooper whom he had honoured at his table at the Abdin Palace. Mac felt fed up. The worst had come to pass.
When an official inventory was taken in Abdin Palace at the accession of the late Sultan Husein, it was ascertained that the famous inlaid and begemmed coffee-service, which, like our Crown jewels, was not supposed to leave the country, had been sent after the ex-Khedive to his new address truly a man of parts.
"I am a poor scribe, Highness," answered Dicky with a dangerous humour, though he had seen a look in the Khedive's face which boded only safety. "I have need of scribes. Get you to the Palace of Abdin, and wait upon me at sunset after prayers," said Ismail. "I am the slave of your Highness. Peace be on thee, O Prince of the Faithful!" "A moment, Mahommed. Hast thou wife or child?"
"Speak, son of the flowering oak," said Nahoum, with a sneer in his voice. "What blessing dost thou bring?" "The Effendina has sent for thee." Nahoum's eyes flashed. "By thee, lion of Abdin?" The lean, ghastly being smiled. "He has sent a company of soldiers and Achmet Pasha." "Achmet! Is it so? They are here, Mizraim, watcher of the morning?" "They are at thy palace I am here, light of Egypt."
"Speak, son of the flowering oak," said Nahoum, with a sneer in his voice. "What blessing dost thou bring?" "The Effendina has sent for thee." Nahoum's eyes flashed. "By thee, lion of Abdin?" The lean, ghastly being smiled. "He has sent a company of soldiers and Achmet Pasha." "Achmet! Is it so? They are here, Mizraim, watcher of the morning?" "They are at thy palace I am here, light of Egypt."
"MY DEAR GORDON, I was astonished yesterday to learn of the despatch you had sent to Mr Vivian, in which you inform me that you will not return; all the more so when I recall your interview at Abdin, during which you promised me to return, and complete the work we had commenced together.
"Ye know the way by which I came," continued Abdalla loudly. "Nothing is hid from you. I came near to the person of the Prince, whom God make wise while yet the stars of his life give light! In the palace of Abdin none was preferred before me. I was much in the sun, and mine eyes were dazzled. Yet in season I spake the truth, and for you I laboured.
"What are you going to do with him?" "Make him come back." "From where?" "From the native quarter and the bazaars. He was for years in Abdin Palace." "What do you want him for?" "It's a little gamble for Egypt. There's no man in Egypt Ismail loves and fears so much " "Except little Dicky Donovan!" "That's all twaddle.
But there my word was law; here Maxwell is entirely independent of me, which is as much as to say, that the feet are not under control of the head; i.e., that the expedition must move like a drunken man. That is my fear: Maxwell will do what lies in him to help, but in action it is better to order than to ask. Grand lunch at the Abdin Palace with the Sultan. Most of the Cabinet present.
General Gordon went that evening to the Abdin Palace, where he was engaged to dine with the Khedive; and having asked permission to make an important communication, saw Ismail before dinner, when words to this effect were exchanged:
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