\f/. THK STORY OF THE KHEDIVATE.

furnished to Mr. Cave, and, later on, to Messrs.

<ioschen and Joubert — and the monies actually received hy the Commissioners of the Public Debt About this period, Ismail remarked to an Englishman, with whom he was on terms of great intimacy at the time, •' I*'or the last six months I have been so worried with business that I have hardly set foot within my harem."

Yet, in spite of all these anxieties and fears, he still l)or(; the same cheerful countenance ; he still displayed th<: same charm of manner to all who came into his presence ; he still bore himself as one secure in his position, trusting to his own strength of will, and confident of success.

During this period Nubar was in Europe, and in close relations with influential personages in the political and financial world, who, from various <:iiuscs, took great interest in Egyptian affairs. It is obvious to any one, who, in common with myself, has constantly had the advantage of discussing l'',gyptian affairs with Nubar, and of perusing portions of his memoirs, that, about this period, his policy in regard to V-gypt had undergone a grave change, or, to speak more accurately, had been gravely modified by the course of events. Up to the period of the Cave Mission he had been a staunch and almost fanatical {xirtisan of Egyptian independence.

He doprccati any fomi of direct European intervention. \\v. was of opinion that personal government was ncooss;\ry in l\ij>*pt, and he was confident that, by tho establishment of the International courts, and by