It Was Quite Plain,
However, That The Effort With Which The Men Of The Old School
Refrained From Expressing Their Opinion Of A Hat And A Coat Was
Horribly Painful To Them.
As I walked through the streets and
bazaars a dead silence prevailed; every man suspended his
employment, and gazed
On me with a fixed, glassy look, which seemed
to say, "God is good, but how marvellous and inscrutable are His
ways that thus He permits this white-faced dog of a Christian to
hunt through the paths of the faithful."
The insurrection of these people had been more formidable than any
other that Ibrahim Pasha had to contend with. He was only able to
crush them at last by the assistance of a fellow renowned for his
resources in the way of stratagem and cunning, as well as for his
knowledge of the country. This personage was no other than Aboo
Goosh ("the father of lies" {39}), who was taken out of prison for
the purpose. The "father of lies" enabled Ibrahim to hem in the
insurrection and extinguish it. He was rewarded with the
Governorship of Jerusalem, which he held when I was there. I
recollect, by-the-bye, that he tried one of his stratagems upon me.
I did not go to see him, as I ought in courtesy to have done,
during my stay at Jerusalem; but I happened to be the owner of a
rather handsome amber tchibouque piece, which the Governor heard
of, and by some means contrived to see.
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