A Narrative Of Captivity In Abyssinia With Some Account Of The Late Emperor Theodore, His Country And People By Henry Blanc
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To Sum Up, This Was The State Of The Different Parties When The
Storm At Last Burst On The Head Of The Unfortunate Mr. Stern:
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and Plowden, the only Europeans who might have had some influence
for good over the mind of the Emperor, were dead.
The Gaffat people
worked for the King, were frequently near his person, and entertained
anything but friendly feelings towards Mr. Stern and the Djenda
Mission. While Captain Cameron and his party were watched in Gondar,
and in no way mixed up with the differences that unfortunately
divided the other Europeans.
CHAPTER III.
Imprisonment of Mr. Stern - Mr. Kerans arrives with Letters and
Carpet - Cameron, with his Followers, is put in Chains - Mr.
Bardel's Return from the Soudan - Theodore's Dealings with
Foreigners - The Coptic Patriarch - Abdul Rahman Bey - The Captivity
of the Europeans explained.
Such was the state of affairs when Mr. Stern obtained leave to
return to the coast. Unfortunately it was impossible for him to
avail himself at once of this permission. On Mr. Stern at last
taking his departure he had to remain at Gondar a few days, and,
but too late, thought of presenting his respects to his Majesty.
He also accepted during his short stay there the hospitality of the
bishop. On the 13th October Mr. Stern, accompanied for a short
distance by Consul Cameron and Mr. Bardel, started on his homeward
journey. On arriving on the Waggera Plain he perceived the King's
tent. What followed is well known:
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