"Later, Colonel Hare, later!" he threatened.
The colonel remained silent.
Up above, in the palace, Umballa summoned a dozen troopers and gave them explicit orders.

He was quite confident that Kathlyn would be carried at once to her father's bungalow, if only for a change of clothes.

It was a shrewd guess.
As the iron door changed upon the sill Colonel Hare leaned against the pillar and closed his eyes, praying silently.
At the bungalow Pundita fell at Kathlyn's feet and kissed them.
"Mem-sahib!" she cried brokenly.
"Pundita!" Kathlyn stooped and gathered her up in her arms.
After that Ramabai would have died for her under any torture.
"Now, Ahmed, what did my father mean when he said 'curse or no curse' ?" "It's a long story, Mem-sahib," said Ahmed evasively.
"Tell it." "It was in a temple in the south.

The Colonel Sahib took a sapphire from an idol's eye.

The guru, a very wise and ancient priest, demanded the return of it.