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I. Disinherited 1

II. The Rising in Alexandria 18

III. A Terrible Disaster 38

IV. An Appointment 55

V. Southward 67

VI. Gregory Volunteers 84

VII. To Metemmeh 103

VIII. Among the Dervishes Ill

IX. Safely Back 123

X. Afloat 141

XI. A Prisoner 158

XII. The Battle of Atbara 182

XIII. The Final Advance 199

XIV. Omdurman 220

XV. Khartoum 233

XVI. A Voice from the Dead 249

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XVII. A Fugitive 266

XVIII. A Hakim 285

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