Note 45 — II
Philip Askell Benton translation
[According to Col. Chaillé-Long’s My Life in Four Continents, Gessi started as Gordon’s Italian valet, and used to be unmercifully cuffed and kicked by his master. Later, he was promoted to a more important position and did not appreciate these attentions, which did not entirely cease. Col. Chaillé-Long was Gordon’s American chief of staff. Zobeir died near Khartoum on January 5, 1913.]