it in a letter to her husband in 1864 as "The view all round my house is magnificent on every side, over the Nile in front facing north-west and over a splendid range of green and distant orange buff hills to the south-east, where I have a spacious covered terrace." On a journey down the Nile in 1865 she nearly died of Pleurisy and was nursed back to health by her servant Omar. Throughout her long stay in Egypt she won golden opinions from the natives. Her unvarying kindness, her attention to the sick, her charm, and her sympathy with the oppressed, endeared her to all the people, to whom she was known as "Noor ala Noor" (light from the light) and Sitt el Kebeer (Great Lady), who "was just and had a heart that loved the Arabs". During an epidemic in the spring of 1864 Egyptians preferred to rather than the government clinics. She also gained a reputation for having a "lucky eye" and thus being regarded as a bringer of good luck was called upon for numerous flavours including visiting houses under construction, inspecting cattle and young brides. She was outspoken about the profligacy of Egypt's ruler Ismail, who made an attempt to bribe a boatman to drown her, but her popularity save her. As well some of her letters were intercepted by the Government and never delivered. One of her original donkey boys was Muhammad Mohassib, who later would become a well-known antiquities dealer in Luxor. in December 1867 six days prior to her return from a trip away part of the French House fell following a flood into the temple below. Death Lady Duff-Gordon's condition worsened in early 1869 forcing her to move, in search of better terminal care, to the spa resort of Helwan, just south of Cairo where she died on 13 July 1869, aged 48. She was buried in the English cemetery there. Her husband died in London on 27 October 1872 aged 61. Personal life She and Duff-Gordon had four children. Their daughter Janet Ann Ross was born in 1842 and died in 1927. Their second child was born in 1849 but died after only a few months of life. Their third child Maurice (1849–1896) became Sir Maurice Duff-Gordon, 4th Baronet. Their fourth child Urania was born in 1858 and died on 22 September 1877. Sir Maurice's daughter Caroline "Lina" (1874–1964) became