THE DEPOSITION OF ISMAIL PASHA. 223 had, or professed to have, a special regard. Whatever his faults may have been, he bore himself with dignity. In the many private conversations I had with him during the period of his wanderings, I never heard one word of complaint from his lips as to his deposition. • He always spoke in high terms of the statesmen, diplomatists, and officials, both native and foreign, who had been associated with his reign, and never said a word of disparagement of the men who had contributed, directly or indirectly, towards his downfall. He never forgot in public, or allowed others to forget, that he had been a Sovereign ; but he had nothing of that touchy sensitiveness so common amongst men who have held exalted positions which they hold no longer. I remember being present at a dinner in London, given by an English gentleman who had enjoyed Ismail's hospitality in former days, and who had invited a party of old visitors to Cairo to meet Ismail. It was understood on all sides that the ex-Khedive was the guest of the evening. By some oversight — I fancy by a mistake of date — the Ambassador of a great Continental State appeared somewhat unexpectedly amongst the guests just before we went down to dinner. According to arrangement, Ismail Pasha was to have taken the hostess in to dinner; but with the appearance of an unforeseen guest, a question of precedence arose. His Highness, seeing there was a difficulty, immediately went up to the lady of the house, saying, " I must insist upon