I feared that he would have a fit, but he recovered gradually; and at last he said: 'It is a cruel thought, and one which must have been suggested to him by my enemies.
Know that the Caimmacam at present is my rival and most deadly foe.

We have not met on terms of speech for many years; our servants fight at chance encounters on the road.

It is but five years since I held the post of Governor which he now occupies.

When, by means of calumny and foul intrigue against me at Stamboul, he managed to supplant me, I swore a solemn oath that I would never recognise the Government nor seek its sanction so long as he remained its representative.

And now the Consul bids me have recourse to him.