She entered the city unquestioned.

She came to the palace steps just as Umballa was issuing forth.

She shivered a little--she could not help it; the man looked so gloomy and foreboding.

The scowl warned her to walk with extreme care.
He stopped when he saw her and was surprised into according her the salute one gave to a woman of quality.
"Ah!" "Durga Ram," she began, "I am seeking you." Her voice trembled ever so little.
"Indeed! And why do you seek me, who am your enemy, and who always will be ?" "A woman loves where she must, not where she wills." Umballa seemed to ponder over this truth.
"And why have you sought me ?" "A woman's reasons.

My husband and the Mem-sahib----" "You know, then, where she is ?" quickly.
"Aye, Durga Ram; I alone know where she is hiding." He sent a shrewd glance into her eyes.