Excerpt taken from Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood William Holman Hunt; published 1914
http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/nd467.h9.1914.2.rad.html
The Pashas of Jerusalem appointed from Stamboul were changed very frequently in these days; one came preceded by a reputation for superiority to fanatical prejudices, he arrived not only without a bevy of many wives, but without a single one. He was known as “Kiamil Pasha” Stories were told of him as of a Turk of rare enlightenment…..
The Pasha soon avowed to the Consul that the European system of managing a house was distinctly to be preferred to that of the Oriental, in that dishonesty in the servants was effectually checked; this he declared was truly excellent, but still he added there is one point I cannot understand: your wife guards you from dishonest servants, but what check have you to prevent her from defrauding you herself?
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