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CONTENTS
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| CHAPTER XIII | |
| THE TRUE HISTORY OF MY ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE | |
| Letters of the German Consul and my manager to Mankarious — Kanaga's visit to Cairo — He receives a letter to Slatin — He is captured at Berber and turns back — The War Office letter to my wife — My answer to calumnies | 160-169 |
| CHAPTER XIV | |
| A PRISONER AT LARGE | |
| Belief in evil spirits — Shwybo as an alchemist — He is flogged for his pains — I am told to make saltpetre — Released from my fetters — The gunpowder factory at Halfeyeh — Death of Makkieh — I am transferred to Khartoum — Our gunpowder a deliberate failure — Visits of Father Ohrwalder — News of his escape. | 170-184 |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| DIVORCED AND MARRIED | |
| Hasseena's thievish propensities — I am compelled to divorce her — The Khaleefa finds me a wife — I forestall his good offices — Umm es Shole — Mohammedan divorce and re-marriage — A further dilemma — The second child dies — Hasseena proves irreclaimable | 185-194 |
| CHAPTER XVI | |
| HOPE AND DESPAIR | |
| Mankarious' first envoy returns — Arrival of second envoy — Rossignoli's guide Abdallah — Projected method of escape — Abdallah's treatment of Rossignoli — Slatin escapes — My chains redoubled — The Khaleefa's fury — Slatin's reputation amongst the Mahdists — His letter read to the Muslimanieh — Confiscation of his wives and property — My deliverer returns — I am again in the Saier | 195-208 |
