“And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.”—Ed.
[20] Appendix A and A 1.
[21] Appendix B.
[22] “Go, and with ghouls and afrits rave.”—The Giaour.
[23] These words may be taken literally. Such was Gordon’s power and influence in 1879, when he resigned the Governor-Generalship of the Soudan.—Ed.
[24] “And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”—Ed.
[25] “Everything one does is known, and the only regret is that I am a Christian. Yet they would be the first to despise me if I recanted and became a Mussulman.”—Extract from General Gordon’s Letter, dated Kassala, December 7th, 1877.—Ed.
[26] “I have upset so many vested interests, that the only people I can count on are the Ulemas, to whom I gave back all their ancient privileges, which had been taken away from them by Ismail Pasha Yacoub.”—Extract from General Gordon’s letter dated Kartoum, May 4th, 1877.—Ed.
[27] “If fighting occurs, it is the Soudanese conservative of their property fighting the Soudanese communists, who desire to rob them.”—Extract from General Gordon’s Memorandum received by Sir E. Baring, February 4th, 1884.—Egypt, No. 12.—Ed.
[28] “We have, thank God, passed our dangers. Whether they were imaginary or not I do not know, but we were threatened by an attack from thousands of determined blacks, who knew I was here. Now very few Englishmen know what it is to be with troops they have not a bit of confidence in. I prayed heartily for an issue, but it gave me a pain in the heart like that I had when surrounded at Masindi. I do not fear death, but I fear, from want of faith, the results of my death—for the whole country would have risen.”—Extract from General Gordon’s letter dated Toashia, July 11th, 1877. Ed.