"The Bada-Mawidi live there ?" And he pointed to the hill line.
Marker nodded.

He had used the name inadvertently as an illustration, and he had no wish to answer questions on the subject.
"A troublesome tribe, rather ?" asked Lewis, noticing the momentary hesitation.
"In the past.

Now they are quiet enough." "But I understood that there was a ferment in the Pamirs.

The other side threatened, you know." He had almost said "your side," but checked himself.
"Ah yes, there are rumours of a rising, but that is further west.

The Bada-Mawidi are too poor to raise two swords in the whole tribe.