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all that for him. His strength is that he is good-looking, with an 

 imposing manner and an appearance of common sense and honesty 

 which the House of Commons likes. Brailsford knows much of the 

 ins and outs of Eastern affairs, having been in Crete as newspaper 

 correspondent, and is a very clever fellow. 



" 15th Oct. — The article on Egypt which I wrote for the ' Figaro' 

 has been a great success. I wrote it in French, and intrusted it to 

 Mustapha Kamel to get it published, and to-day I get a letter from 

 Mme. Juliette Adam and Pierre Loti jointly signed. 



Juliette Adam and Pierre Loti to Wilfrid Blunt 



' En sejour a Hendaye chez Pierre Loti et Abbaye de Gif . Seine 

 et Oise, 9. 10. 06. 

 ' Monsieur, v 



' Votre article au Figaro est un acte de courage et de loyaute dont 

 il faut que tout ami de l'Egypte vous felicite. Pierre Loti et moi 

 nous venons de le lire tout haut. Je tiens la plume pour tous deux 

 et pour vous dire que nous ne confondrons plus la politique de Lord 

 Cromer avec la politique des Anglais. Une exception, de la haute 

 valeur de la votre, oblige a en tenir largement compte. 



' Pierre Loti, a qui le repos est ordonne pour quelques jours, signe 

 avec moi en vous assurant comme moi de sa haute sympathie. 



' Juliette Adam. 

 ' Pierre Loti.' 



" The substance of the article has been telegraphed to Egypt, and 

 it is sure to be printed there in all the newspapers. I feel that I 

 have done now all I possibly could for the National cause, and must 

 leave the rest of the work to others. I have had several threatening 

 letters from English jingos menacing me with death if there should 

 be a native rising at Cairo. Such letters are I fancy written by idle 

 fellows over their whiskey and water at pot-houses. One fool says 

 to the other, ' Here is that damned fellow Blunt at it again, let's 

 give him one,' and they scribble, but don't sign. One of them, how- 

 ever, signs his missive. 



" 18th Oct. — Betty Balfour's book of her father's letters is out, and 

 very good it is. She has condensed the political part of it, and made 

 it as readable as a book should be. It has been very favourably 

 received, and I look forward now to Lytton's being recognized at last 

 for the man of genius he undoubtedly was. 



" 8th Nov. — Cromer has been obliged already to make changes 

 in his administration. Chitty Bey, the only English official who sym- 

 pathizes with Nationalism, has been given a high post in the Ministry 



