[139] See the words cited at the head of this chapter, and below, pp. [324], [325].
[140] Scutari and its Hospitals, p. 25.
[141] Letter to Captain Galton, June 28, 1862. On the general question, see vol. ii. p. 64.
[142] It was a mot of Mr. Stafford's that he had only met two men in the East, Omar Pacha (the Turkish Commander) and Florence Nightingale.
[143] Scutari and its Hospitals, p. 27.
[144] See Kinglake, vol. vi. pp. 43, 436.
[145] Miss Nightingale's camp bedstead was at this time behind a screen in the kitchen, for she had given up her room to the widow of an officer.
[146] He had died in hospital from his wounds, and his body was to be sent to England.
[147] Stanmore, vol. i. p. 373.
[148] Scutari and its Hospitals, p. 26.