Isabel the cause of her husband's
recall, the ruin of his career! She through whose interest Burton had
obtained the coveted post at Damascus; she who fought his battles for him
all round; she who shielded him from the official displeasure; she who
obeyed his lightest wish, and whose only thought from morning to night
was her husband's welfare and advancement; she who would have died for
him,--this same woman, according to Miss Stisted, deliberately behind her
husband's back ran counter to his wishes, fanned the flame of fanaticism,
and brought about the crash which ruined his career! Was there ever a
more improbable charge? But the accusation has overshot the mark, and,
like the boomerang, it returns and injures no one but its author.
NOTES:
1. Miss Stisted's Life of Sir Richard Burton, p. 360. This book was
published December, 1896, eight months after Lady Burton's death.
2. The Case of Captain Burton, Late K. B. M. Consul at Damascus.
Clayton & Co., Parliamentary Printing Works, 1872.
3. _Vide_ Letter from Foreign Office to Captain Burton, June 19,
1869 (Blue Book, p. 2).
4. Letter of Captain Burton to Foreign Office, June 21, 1869
(Blue Book, p. 2).
5. Letter from Sir Henry Elliot to Lady Burton, July 12, 1871.
6. Letter from Sir Henry Elliot to Lady Burton, July 12, 1871.
7. Blue Book, p. 75.
8. Blue Book, pp. 140, 141.
9. _Vide_ Letter from Lord Granville to Captain Burton, under
Flying Seal, care of Consul-General Eldridge, July 22, 1871
(Blue Book, p.
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