"The Prince will gain many friends who up till now distrust him." "It will be taken as a sign of faith ?" asked Linforth.
"And more than that," said the guide significantly.

"This one thing done here in Ajmere to-day will be spread abroad through Chiltistan and beyond." Linforth looked more closely at the crowd.

Yes, there were many men there from the hills beyond the Frontier to carry the news of Shere Ali's munificence to their homes.
"It costs a thousand rupees at the least to fill one of those caldrons," said the Pathan.

"In truth, his Highness has done a wise thing if--" And he left the sentence unfinished.
But Linforth could fill in the gap.
"If he means to make trouble." But he did not utter the explanation aloud.
"Let us go in," he said; and they passed through the high inner archway into the great court where the saint's tomb, gilded and decked out with canopies and marble, stands in the middle.
"Follow me closely," said the Pathan.

"There may be bad men.