9. King of Unyoro, a powerful and treacherous savage. Sir Samuel
Baker attempted to depose him, but Kaha Rega maintained his power.
10. _Life of Sir Richard Burton_, by Isabel his wife, col. ii., p. 177.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE SWORD HANGS. (1885-1890).
Life is no holiday: therein
Are want and woe and sin,
Death with nameless fears; and over all
Our pitying tears must fall.
The hour draws near, howe'er delayed or late,
When, at the Eternal Gate,
We leave the words and works we call our own,
And lift void hands alone.
For love to fill. Our nakedness of soul
Brings to that gate no toll:
Giftless we come to Him who all things gives;
And live because He lives.
WHITTIER.
In May, 1885, Isabel started with her husband for England. They
travelled together as far as Venice, and here as often, they parted,
and went their separate ways. Burton was ordered to go by sea for
his health, and his wife arranged to proceed by land. She went round
by way of Bologna, and thence travelled _via_ Milan and Paris, and
arrived in London on June 2. Her husband joined her twelve days later.
They had two objects in coming to London at this time--one was to
consult physicians concerning Burton's health, the other to make
arrangements concerning _The Arabian Nights_. The production of this
book may be described as a joint affair; for though the lion's share of
the work of translating, writing, and correcting proofs devolved upon
Burton alone, the financial part of the work fell upon his wife, and
that it was a big thing no one who has had any experience of writing or
publishing would deny.
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