"And yet you are going home!" "I am going back to Chiltistan," said Shere Ali.
"Home!" Violet Oliver repeated, dwelling upon the word with a friendly insistence.
But the young prince did not assent; he remained silent--so long silent that Violet Oliver moved uneasily.

She was conscious of suspense; she began to dread his answer.

He turned to her quickly as she moved.
"You say that I am going home.

That's the whole question," he said.

"I am trying to answer it--and I can't.