Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-16
Arab PAsHA's HOME LIFE.
Lady Gregory Describes the Egyptias
! HOuse and FastsiSy.

ARABI PASHA'S HOME LIFE.
Lady Gregory Describes the Egyptian
Homse and Family. a
l had already seen and spoken with
Arab, writes Lady Gregory in the London
Times, but it was not till the end of Feb
ruary that I went with Lady Anne Blunt to
see his wife. They had moved some little
time before to a new house, large and dill.
apidated looking, and which Arab was rep
resented as having fitted up in luxurious
style; in fact, at that time the crime most
frequently alleged against him was that
he had bought carpets to the amount of
e12O. There were some pieces of new and
not beautiful European carpets in the chief
rooms, but if Arab paid e12O for them he
made a very bad bargain. I have heard
very lately, from one who has taken the
trouble to investigate the truth of the
stories of his ~avarice, that he has the same
small amount of money to his credit now
that he had before he was either pasha or
minister, and that the foundation of the
story of his having become a large landed
proprietor is his having become trustee for
the child of an old friend who had been
kind to him.
The sole furniture of the reception room
Of Arabi's wife consisted Of small. hard
divans covered with brown linen and a tiny
table with a crochet anti-macassar thrown
over it. On the whitewashed walls the
only ornaments were photographs of him
in black wooden frames, and one larger
photograph of the sacred stone at Mecca.
In the room where Arab himself sat and
received was a similar hard divan, two or
three chairs. a table and an inkstand COW
cred with stains.
His wife was ready to receive Us, having
heard an hour or two earlier of our intend
ed visit. She greeted US warmly, speaking
in Arabic, which Lady Anne interpreted to
me. She has a pleasant, intelligent e1-
preston; but, having i've children living
out of fourteen that nave been born to her,
looked rather overcome by the cares of ma
ternity, her beauty dimmed since the time
when the tall, grave soldier she had seen
passing under her window every day looked
| up at last and saw and loved her. She
wore a long dress of green silk. my hus-
band hates this long train," she told US
afterward; she would like to take a knife
and cut it of, but I say / must have a
fashionable dress to wear when l visit the
khedive's wife and other ladies'" I think
there are English husbands who, in this
grievance at least, will sympathize with
Arab.
day or two before we left I went again
to see his wife. She looked a little sadder,
a little more anxious, than when l had last
seen her, but was On hospitable cares in
tent, and 0 went out of the room to see
to the preparation Of dinner. 1 had an
Italian lady with me as interpreter, who
spoke French and Arabic very we'll. They
had expected me this time, and made more
preparations; and when the meal was
ready and I saw dish after dish coming in.
I was in despair until I found that one of
the children, my little bright-eyed friend
Hassan, was quite ready to sit By me and
be fed from my plate, so I disposed of my
share to his great satisfaction. Il like this
better than having to wait down stairs un-
til dinner is over" he said: then they for
get me, and eat up all the good things"
By the time dessert arrived, he said
he liked me but hated other ladies, and
would like to come and see me- in England,
but did not know how he could manage it,
as his papa wanted the carriage every day.
I advised him to learn English, and his
mother said she would like to send him to
one If the Christian schools in Cairo.
But how can I send him where he would
hear his father spoken Ill OFF, She seemed
troubled. poor woman, because the kEe-
dives wife, who used to be good and kind
to her, now says: How can we be friends
when your husband is such a bad MANI"
1.-The old mother sat in the corner at
tending to the children and counting over
her beads. I said: Are you not proud
now your sou is a pasha?' mo" she said;
1--WE were happier in the old days when we
had him with US always and feared moth
ing. Now he gets up at daybreak, and has
only time to say his prayers before there
are people waiting for him with petitions,
and he has to attend to them and then go
to his business, and often ne is not back
here until after midnight, and until he
comes l cannot sleep, 1 cannot rest: l can
do nothing but pray for him all the time.
There are many who wish him evil, and
they will try to destroy him. A few days
ago he came home suffering great pain,
and l was sure he had been poisoned: but
I got him a hot bath and remedies and he
grew better, and since then I keep even
the water that he drinks locked up. But,
say all I can, I cannot brighten him OK
make him take care of himself: he always
says, God will preserve me-"
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