Thou wouldst make of Egypt another England; thou wouldst civilise the Soudan--bismillah, it is folly!" "That is not the way Mehemet Ali thought, nor Ibrahim.

Nor dost thou think so, Effendina," David answered gravely.

"A dark spirit is on thee.
Wouldst thou have me understand that what we have done together, thou and I, was ill done, that the old bad days were better ?" "Go back to thine own land," was the surly answer.

"Nation after nation ravaged Egypt, sowed their legions here, but the Egyptian has lived them down.

The faces of the fellaheen are the faces of Thotmes and Seti.