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AND LOWER EGYPT. 189
I felt myself very much embarrassed ; it was
necessary to make up my mind ; and it would
have been imprudent to refuse to gratify the incli-
nations of ismai'n. To gain a little time, I re-
plied, that I was ready to follow him, but that as
he was to pass by Neguade in a few days, I en-
treated him to permit me to go and wait at that
place for him, because I should be there more
commodiously lodged than elsewhere, having oc-
casion to take some repose. The same messenger
returned with Ismain's consent, and with a written
order on his overseer at Neguade, to furnish me
with every thing necessary or agreeable. I thought
it my duty to take the road immediately, and I
departed for Neguade, where I hoped to discover
some method of making my escape from the dan-
gerous honour of being physician to the Arabian
court.
I felt myself very much embarrassed ; it was
necessary to make up my mind ; and it would
have been imprudent to refuse to gratify the incli-
nations of ismai'n. To gain a little time, I re-
plied, that I was ready to follow him, but that as
he was to pass by Neguade in a few days, I en-
treated him to permit me to go and wait at that
place for him, because I should be there more
commodiously lodged than elsewhere, having oc-
casion to take some repose. The same messenger
returned with Ismain's consent, and with a written
order on his overseer at Neguade, to furnish me
with every thing necessary or agreeable. I thought
it my duty to take the road immediately, and I
departed for Neguade, where I hoped to discover
some method of making my escape from the dan-
gerous honour of being physician to the Arabian
court.