Call them culprits!" said the Gray Mahatma.
"What would the Government call them ?" she retorted.
The Gray Mahatma curled his lip, but made no answer to that.

Yasmini turned to King.
"So I knew enough of their secrets to oblige them either to kill me or else teach me all.

And they did not dare kill me, because they could not kill all my women too, for fear of Government.

So first they took me through that ordeal that you went through last night.

And ever since then I have been trying to learn; but this science of theirs is difficult, and I suspect them of increasing the difficulty for my benefit.