Part 2

‘The Khedive is unjust to him,’ she went on; ‘he will give him no help or support, and yet if anything goes wrong, or there is a disturbance ever so far away, Arabi is blamed for it.’ She had a grievance against her son also. He had been already working hard towards the abolition of slavery, and I found that in this matter his foes were they of his own household. ‘He ought not to do it,’ the old woman said; ‘he does not see the consequences as I do. All the slaves will leave as soon as they are freed, and European women will take their places, and they will seduce their masters, and their children will be stronger than ours, and we shall be driven out of the country.’ Poor old soul! she must have had sore and anxious days since then. I often think of her, and of the poor wife, puzzled and troubled, ‘Why should the Christian Powers want to harm my husband?’

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Transcriber’s Notes

This file uses _underscores_ to indicate italic text. Itemized changes from the original text:

● p. 10: Removed comma after “wife” (…his wife answered…)