There were no attractions for Miss Tinné in Khartoom.
-The Heroine of the White Nile; or, What a Woman Dared and Did: A Sketch of the Remarkable Travels of Miss Alexandrine Tinné, 1871
Poor Miss Tinné, whose mother, aunt, and lady’s maid all died of fever after she’d left them behind in Khartoum to run off in search of adventure for herself. Never leave a fallen comrade, so she had tin coffins made and brought them home to the Netherlands before being murdered by desert tribesmen on yet another Saharan fling. No more attractions for her, to be sure.