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So I naturally avail myself of the delay, for pushing on a bit into Darfour; when, lo and behold! just like my luck, on the ninth day, as I am entering the outskirts of El-Obeid in Kordofan, I am met by a predatory tribe of Changallas! They surround me; I try to defend myself, and a great burly rascal jumps at my throat, and trips me up.
I asked no more questions, and wrote at once a little note of condolence to Lefébure's wife. I sent the agreed ransom to my Changallas, and at the same time a letter of complaint to the King of Nubia. Altogether, it was four months since my ship had left Aden. The following day I took the mail boat to Suez arrived last night at Marseilles and here I am!"
Is it necessary to tell you that the surprising events of the day had caused me emotions which I was scarcely able to understand? My uncle's resurrection Lefébure The Changallas The camels They all kept my brain at work the whole night long. I apologise, my dear Louis, for having left you a month without a letter from me, as you reproach me somewhat severely.
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