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enormous amounts which had passed through his hands, and could, therefore, in case of need, provide funds out of his own pocket for any object he had at heart. On the strength of this belief, Barrot Pasha, who had, I think, a genuine regard for the Khedive, and who certainly had a strong interest in his maintenance on the throne, told the Khedive that, if he had the means, as common report stated, of advancing a sum of two or three millions sterling, he would do wisely to employ it privately by settling with all the creditors who had obtained judgment against him in the International courts. If this advice had been taken, the weapon by which Ismail's deposition was brought about would have been deprived of its efficiency. The advice was not taken, and retribution was at hand.