Gordon thought relief of, most uncertain, [274];
desperate when Stewart left, [286];
Gordon rather stop at, than leave, [287];
Mahdi against attack on the lines of, [292];
Gordon on evacuation of, [297];
and fall of Sennaar and Kassala, [299];
Lord Wolseley and relief of, [304];
nine months of blockade of, [304];
Gordon not to leave for Equator until he had permission, [304];
how the people of, would reason as to Gordon leaving, [307];