Note 6 — Chapter XXIV · IMPRISONMENT OF EMIN PASHA AND MR. JEPHSON.

I do not know what induced the Pasha to write in this melancholy strain, for as plain as tongue could speak, and pen could write, I had been endeavouring to explain to him that we considered ourselves as his servants, and bound to render any service in our power to him, provided he but distinctly and definitely stated his wishes.