Cairolis premiership was, however, destined to be cut short by an atte~npt made upon the kings life in November 1878, during a royal visit to Naples, by a miscreant named Passanante.

Even for the worst miscreant there is hope - for who can say but that God may yet think fit to convert him?

At length the inhuman miscreant Mahmtid died, at the early age of twenty-seven, on the 22nd of April 1725.

Every member of his family and every friend was ordered to be massacred by Aga Mahommed; and the successful miscreant thus founded the dynasty of the Kajars at the price of all the best and noblest blood of Iran.

While the lawyer's death did nothing to undo the damage his note had caused to Cynthia, it at least eliminated her need for any further dealings with the miscreant.