CONTENTS
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| CHAPTER XVII | |
| A NEW OCCUPATION | |
| Nahoum Abbajee engages me — Emptiness of the treasury — Unsatisfactory state of the currency — I am transferred to the arsenal — I design blocks for the Mint — We do great damage — The Khaleefa's buried treasure | 209-215 |
| CHAPTER XVIII | |
| MY SECOND IMPRISONMENT | |
| Idris a reformed character — He ensures my kind treatment — Fauzi's first night in prison — Kadi Ahmed's captivity — His death by starvation — Death of Wad Zarah — Letters from Europe — My replies — My reflections in prison | 216-225 |
| CHAPTER XIX | |
| RUMOURS OF RELIEF | |
| Khartoum again — Thoughts of Gordon — At work in the arsenal — Extracting precious metals — Chemical experiments — The troops advancing — I invent a powder-mill — Its manifold defects — I scheme to gain time — Wholesale destruction of metal — Repairing a steamer — My letter to Onoor — In a fever for news | 226-241 |
| CHAPTER XX | |
| PREPARING TO RECEIVE THE GUNBOATS | |
| In the Saier as a visitor — I send intelligence to the English — Anxiety amongst my circle — Embassy from Abyssinia — The Khaleefa's reply — Mahmoud disobeys orders — Defeat of Osman and Mahmoud at the Atbara — Manufacture of torpedoes — I decline to assist — My chains redoubled — The torpedoes explode — I become a centre for Government sympathizers — Frustrating the mines | 242-256 |
| CHAPTER XXI | |
| NEARING THE END | |
| Conflicting rumours — Appeals to prophecy — I suggest a night attack — I send more information to the army — Mad struggle with a gaoler — Negotiations with Idris — The Khaleefa sallies out — The gunboats open fire — I go mad — Arrival of fugitives — The riderless horse — The Khaleefa's despair | 257-268 |
