This chelaship is too long and too emptyof
results. Around the fire a dozen men were seated, talking and as dignifiedas
owls. I should say, letus go and join the dugpas, if I werent afraid of them!
There is no such satisfaction as the use of knowledge.
The womans laughter crackled again like
burning brushwood: DidntI tell you he is no fool! These, too, seek what you
seek, he remarked. We are men who have no claims on us, he said, and we are
benton a definite goal.
The man beside me touched me on the shoulder.
No siege guns ever made more cannonade than that.
ChullunderGhose was screaming, his head under
blankets. Some of the dugpas may be devils but notall.
We intend to rescue Rait, and we intend tofind
Sham-bha-la.
The woman laughed, with a crackle like the
sound of drybrushwood burning. Emotions are not easy to explain in
writing.
As, for instance, you would lengthen day by
killing those who stayawake at night?
Dugpas all make use of what theyknow and have
a good time doing it. No word, not a gesture of Grims so much as hinted ata
change in our relationship. And could youlearn enough for a beginning, say, in
half a lifetime? Dugpas seek to smother thought by killing thosewho dare to
think. A sort of revivalist fervorhad seized him.
Notone of these, he went on, but has sought at
least for twentyyears what you are seeking. There is no such satisfaction as
the use of knowledge.
It looked as if the chamber were prepared for
us. And could youlearn enough for a beginning, say, in half a
lifetime?
Mother of a million virgins, he retorted, I,
who have knownmany women, marvel!
But under scrutiny his face had the
appearanceof undying youth. Narayan Singh was sitting up and swearing Sikh
oaths. I objected to his going alone, and NarayanSingh volunteered to go with
him. This much, said Grim, that were willing to die if we fail. Its also clear
enough that youwished to see us, or you wouldnt have been here when we came.
The man sneered, and his smile was like the lip-lift of a panther.
Some of the dugpas may be devils but
notall.
This much, said Grim, that were willing to die
if we fail. When a man cant hate thereis nothing left of him.