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instantly expired. His grave is in a little chapel at 

 Aghionoros. 



My own wound compelled me to retire to the 

 village of Aghios Georgios. I brooded much over 

 the singular circumstances of Abney's death, and re- 

 solved, as soon as iny health would permit me to 

 travel, to carry the portrait over to Smyrna to fulfil 

 my commission, even should I return immediately 

 after to Greece. Demetri always affirmed that the 

 assailants by whom I had been wounded were rob- 

 bers, not Turks, and many circumstances led me to 

 adopt the same opinion. The mystery kept my mind 

 fixed on the events of that sad night. Abney's 

 physician was soon after attacked by fever, and 

 escaped with some difficulty to Zante. 



During my illness, Alecco displayed great attention 

 to my wants ; he brought me the best foreign doctors 

 who visited the camp, and kept me well informed 

 on the politics and intrigues of the day. He had 

 gradually become a person of some political import- 

 ance ; but though he was certainly no coward, he 

 kept aloof from military action. I had not seen him 

 for several days, when he came to me in a great hurry 

 the morning after the Greeks entered Nauplia. The 

 Greek government, at his intercession, had destined 

 me a house in Xauplia, and he urged me to take pos- 

 session immediately, or it would be impossible to 

 keep the soldiery from occupying it. My horses had 



