A lesson among Europeans. This is about betrayal, and just as the government trusted him to this degree, which no one had seen before, it was his duty to inform it of the truth of the situation. And after that action, he did not admit to the good state of affairs from the beginning, but insisted on relying on him. But it passed, and that's that. As for the idea that he is understood by someone, do not imagine that, because Prussia had not benefited even an atom, and this cannot be called a politician, but rather a base and ignorant man. Rather, look, O Abbas Bey, at what Lord Dufferin said regarding the abandonment of Kordofan and Darfur. He was only knowledgeable about it and its routes. And I was always [unacceptable] to these derivations, the lack of water, and the lack of means for all this, which results only in high expenses and the government bearing command allowances, even though the Egyptian government is incapable of that. So I told him that Kordofan is Sudan itself, and Khartoum is not Sudan. For Khartoum and its surroundings are nothing compared to Kordofan, as most merchants and trade are in Kordofan, with regard to the revenues of gum arabic. For I was the customs director of Suakin in the year 87. The revenues of Kordofan gum arabic amounted to one hundred and forty thousand qintars, in addition to the usual transit through the Atmur of Kosheish of this amount, and all of this, in addition to other items such as sesame, ostrich feathers, and others. And the imports from Europe and what Sudan needs, which is western Sudan, are countless in all kinds of items. Therefore, it is not permissible to abandon it at all, to preserve the Arabs of the East from it. Rather, I agree, and it is necessary to abandon Darfur, which has no benefit at all, and its expenses are on the state. And the government of Sudan should return some of it, and may God compensate the Khedivial government for what it spent on its opening, for now, and its war expenses, which His Excellency Ismail Pasha was responsible for, as it was very difficult to reach, at least twenty days without water. But regarding this issue, the issue of Darfur specifically alone, there is no need to discuss it. He said, "It is very important, and will you present the necessary report to His Khedivial Highness to know the truth of these regions, lest it be burdened with what it cannot bear?" As for me, I will inform him in reports about all of this for its benefit, because the Khedivial government has no knowledge of the truth.