He stayed a few days at Assouan and yet another few in Luxor, in spite of the heat, and reached Cairo in the beginning of June when the streets were thick with dust-storms and the Government had moved to Alexandria.

Hillyard was in two minds whether to go straight home, but in the end he wandered down to the summer seat of government.
If Khartum had been chilly to the enthusiast, Alexandria was chillier.
It was civil and polite to Hillyard and made him a member of the Club.
But it was concerned with the government of Egypt, and gently allowed Hillyard to perceive it.

Khartum had at all events stated "There is a cablegram." At Alexandria the statement became a question: "Is there a cablegram ?" In the end a weary and indifferent gentleman unearthed it.
He did not show it to Hillyard, but held it in his hand and looked over the top of it and across a roll-top desk at the inquirer.
"Yes, yes.

This seems to be what you are asking about.

It is for us, you know"-- this with a patient smile as Hillyard's impatient hand reached out for it.