If he did not come to her aid quickly she would be dead.
Now, when Umballa took her into his house, Kathlyn was determined to reveal her identity.

She had passed through the ordeals; she was, in law, a queen, with life and death in her hands.
"Do not touch me!" she cried slowly in English.
Umballa stepped back.
"I am Kathlyn Hare, and if all the world is not made up of lies and wickedness, I am the queen you yourself made.

I can speak a few words, enough to make myself known to the populace.

I will make a bargain with you.

I will give you five times five thousand rupees if you will deliver me safely in Peshawer.