They carried him bound and gagged into a cavern such as those you visited; and there he was confronted by the Nine Unknown, who asked him whether or not he will promise never to reveal what he had seen." The Mahatma paused.
"Did he promise ?" I asked him.
"He refused.

What was more, he dared them to make away with him, saying that the mahout who had accompanied us hither would already have informed the Maharajah Jihanbihar, who would certainly report to the Government.

And I, standing beside him, confirmed his statement." "You seem to have acted as prosecuting attorney against yourself!" I said.
"No, I simply told the truth," he answered.

"We who calculate in terms of eternity and infinity have scant use for untruth.

I told the Nine Unknown the exact truth--that this man Athelstan King might not be killed, because of the consequences; and that whatever he might say to certain officers of the Government would be believed.