enters Fascher, 11; recalled by alarming news in his rear, _ibid._; his camel described, _ibid._; reaches Dara without troops, 12; his interview with Suleiman, _ibid._; Slatin's account of scene, 12-13; his views on the Slave Question, 13; follows Suleiman to Shaka, 14; indignant letter of, 15; his decision about capital punishment, _ibid._; his views thereupon, 16; some characteristic incidents, _ibid._; what the people thought of him, _ibid._; "Send us another Governor like Gordon," _ibid._; his regular payments, 17; his thoughtfulness, _ibid._; summoned to Cairo, _ibid._; appointed President of Financial Inquiry, 18; his views of money, _ibid._; acts with Lesseps, 19; meets with foreign opposition, 20; scene with Lesseps, 21; scene with Major Evelyn Baring, _ibid._; Gordon's financial proposal, 22; last scenes with Khedive, 23; Gordon's bold offer, _ibid._; financial episode cost Gordon £800, 24; his way of living, _ibid._; leaves Cairo and visits Harrar, 25; his finance in the Soudan, 25-6; deals with Suleiman, 26 _et seq._; takes the field in person, 30; clears out Shaka, 31; again summoned to Cairo, _ibid._; proclaims Tewfik, _ibid._; returns to Cairo, 32; entrusted with mission to Abyssinia, _ibid._; receives letter from King John, 33; called "Sultan of the Soudan," _ibid._; enters Abyssinia, 34; goes to Debra Tabor, _ibid._; interview with King John, _ibid._; prevented returning to Soudan, 35; his opinion of Abyssinia, _ibid._; Khedive's neglect of, 36; called "mad," _ibid._; his work in the Soudan, 36-7; goes to Switzerland, 38; his opinion of wives, 38; first meeting with King of the Belgians, 39; offered Cape command, 40; his memorandum on Eastern Question, 40-2; accepts Private Secretaryship to Lord Ripon, 42; regrets it, 43; interview with Prince of Wales, _ibid._; his letters about it, 44; views on Indian topics, _ibid._; sudden resignation, _ibid._; the Yakoob Khan incident, 45-8; invited to China, 49; full history of that invitation, 49-50; letter from Li Hung Chang, 49; his telegrams to War Office, 50-1; leaves for China, 51; announces his intentions, 52; what he discovered on arrival in China, 53; ignores British Minister, _ibid._; stays with Li Hung Chang, 55; his reply to German Minister, 56; his letter on Li, 57; his advice to China, 58-61; baffles intrigues and secures peace, 59; further passages with War Office, 60; on the Franco-Chinese war, 61, 62; on the Opium Question, 63-4; arrives at Aden, 65; his Central African letters, _ibid._; visits Ireland, 65-6;