The boy was three and a half years old. His father went one day to the Khedive, begging him to release him. The Khedive said to him, "Go and tell your father that I will release him tomorrow, so spend this night in joy and happiness." The boy went and told his brothers, and they spent that night in joy and happiness. The next day, the boy went to claim the promise, but the Khedive turned away from him. He said, "Do you think we should raise the son of a snake?" They said, "No." Then he said, "This boy is Ibrahim Fawzi." They said, "Yes." He said, "It is necessary to attach him to his name." He summoned a man named Ya'qub, known as "Bann al-Qamusi," and said to him, "Take this boy to your house, put shackles on his legs, and assign your slaves to guard him. Make him work with your horses and train them." Bann al-Qamusi took the boy and put shackles on his legs. Although he treated him kindly and compassionately in secret, he suffered humiliation and mistreatment from his slaves and servants. The reason for the Khedive's breaking his promise was that on the same day, his spies arrested one of Lord Kitchener's spies. A messenger came from Um Durman carrying letters to some people. That spy asked some people if Ibrahim Fawzi was alive. He pointed to a prisoner and asked about the rest of the prisoners in the Omdurman prison. He was arrested. The Sultan of Khartoum, Ibrahim Fawzi...