Ah, rubies and pearls and emeralds; you will never see them." "Nor shall you!" "Wait and see.

There's another way of twisting the secret from you.
Wait; have patience." Umballa laughed.
And this laughter rang in the colonel's ears long after the door had closed.

What new deviltry had he in mind?
The next morning Kathlyn came into the living-room dressed, for the first time in weeks.

She felt strangely uncomfortable.

For so long a time her body had been free that the old familiar garments of civilization (are they civilized ?) almost suffocated her.
"You are not afraid, Pundita ?" "No, Mem-sahib.