[London and back][The Great Trieste Exhibition][Émeute at Trieste][We lose an old Vice-Consul][Lord Wolseley][Richard is sent to find Palmer][Trieste life][Count Mattei's cure][Count Mattei][We get the house we wanted][Scorpions]["Gup".]

[CHAPTER X.]

MISCELLANEOUS TRAITS OF CHARACTER AND OPINIONS.

[Miscellaneous traits of character and opinions][Descriptions from other sources.]

[CHAPTER XI.]

DECLINE IN OUR WELL-BEING.

[Richard's first bad attack of gout][His leave of absence][We return to Trieste—Streams of visitors][Richard's second attack of gout][Gordon's death][Colonel Primrose's death][Leave to England]["Arabian Nights"][London again][Richard's programme for Egypt][He asks for Tangier][Parts with my father][Goes to Marocco][What the world said][He waits for me at Tangier.]

[CHAPTER XII.]

RICHARD ON HOME RULE AND THE RELIGIOUS QUESTION.