. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. rful that you would hardly recog-nise him as the same man. His eyesare full of intelligence, and his smile ispeculiarly attractive. His complexionis lighter than that of his son, but hisnose is too flat and his lips too thick ioallow me to describe him as a handsomeHe is considerably over six feet man. in height, and broad in proportion. ABABI AND MB. BBOADLET. 57 Daring his imprisonment his appear-ance was materially changed by thegrowth of a grey beard. After themanner of the fellaheen, a blue bandwas tattooed round his wrist, and herarely, if ev
. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. rful that you would hardly recog-nise him as the same man. His eyesare full of intelligence, and his smile ispeculiarly attractive. His complexionis lighter than that of his son, but hisnose is too flat and his lips too thick ioallow me to describe him as a handsomeHe is considerably over six feet man. in height, and broad in proportion. ABABI AND MB. BBOADLET. 57 Daring his imprisonment his appear-ance was materially changed by thegrowth of a grey beard. After themanner of the fellaheen, a blue bandwas tattooed round his wrist, and herarely, if ever, loosened his grasp on asmall black rosary he perpetually ranthrough his fingers when talking. Thecloud of anxiety which seemed to over- barred the way, and at Tel-el-Kebirthe aspirations and hopes of an entirepeople were wrecked. If you inquire, said he, * you willdiscover and be able to prove that allEgypt was with me—the Khedivialfamily, the old men of Mehemet Alistime, the Ulemas, the army, and thepeasants. But, he added, nobly, and. ARABIS PRISON—ARAB SYMPATHISERS GAZING AT HIS WINDOWS. shadow him at first gradually lifted,and before his imprisonment was endedhe became almost cheerful. Duringthe reading of Mr. Blunts letter hefrequently smiled, and raised his handto his forehead in token of gratitudeimd acquiescence. This habit of Arabiswhen perusing his correspondence al-ways struck me as singularly peculiar courtesy of manner hasrarely failed to impress those withwhom he has come in contact. He had led the Egyptians, he said,in a struggle for freedom, and hadachieved partial success, till our arms 32 sadly, in the presence of prison,arrest, torture, and threats, who willown me now? I should not be surprisedif my very children denied me to myface before the Commission of then stated, in writing, that hehad given up his sword and person toGeneral Lowe, in good faith, whilethere were still 35,000 Egyptian troopsin Cairo. On the 5th October, he
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