text:  It is possible that little by little King Otho may be persuaded by circumstances to become a tolerable constitutional sovereign at last; but we fear our old friend Hadgi Ismael Bey--may his master never diminish the length of his shadow!--will say on this occasion as we have heard him say on some others "Machallah! Truly the sense of the ghiaour doth arrive after the mischief!" But we hold no opinions in common with Hadgi Ismael Bey who drinketh water despiseth the Greek and hateth the Frank