Isabel was left behind to bring out some volumes
of _The Arabian Nights_. She brought them out up to the seventh volume,
and then made ready to join her husband at Gibraltar on his way to
Tangiers in January. She says _a propos_ of her labours in this
respect: "I was dreadfully spied upon by those who wished to get
Richard into trouble about it, and once an unaccountable person came
and took rooms in some lodgings which I took after Richard left, and
I settled with the landlord that I should leave or that person should
not have the rooms, and of course he did not have any hesitation between
the two, and I took the whole of the rooms during my stay."
In January, 1886, just as she was leaving London, she received a telegram
from her husband saying that there was cholera at Gibraltar, and she
could get no quarantine there, and would not be allowed to land. But
she was not a woman to be stopped; so she at once telegraphed to Sir
John Ayde, who was then commanding Gibraltar, and asked if he would
allow a Government boat to take her off the P. & O. and put her straight
on the Morocco boat. He telegraphed back, "Yes," whereat she rejoiced
greatly, as she wanted especially to reach her husband in time for them
to celebrate their Silver Wedding together. When she arrived at
Gibraltar, Burton, who was staying there, came off in a boat to meet
her, and they called together on Sir John Ayde to thank him for his
kindness.
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