She had been warned before she came to bear no tales to any one.
No Oriental would believe the tale, coming from her; the Maharajah would arrest her promptly, glad of the excuse to vent his hatred of Christian missionaries.

Jaimihr would attempt a rescue; it was common knowledge that he plotted for the throne.

There would be instant civil war, in which the British Government would perforce back up the alleged protector of a defenseless woman.

There would be a new Maharajah; then, in a little while, and in all likelihood, she would have disappeared forever while the war raged.

There would be, no doubt, a circumstantial story of her death from natural causes.
She did not answer.