Surely they will come to blows?
When suddenly the quarrel ceased as it had begun, and the crowd came smiling back to me.

What was the dispute?
The priests were cheapening a chicken for my dinner.
The temple was built on teak piles, and teak pillars supported the triple roof.

It was like a barn or lumber room but for the gilt Buddhas on the altar and the gilt cabinets by its side, containing many smaller gilt images of Buddha and his disciples.

Umbrellas, flags, and the tawdry paraphernalia used in processions were hanging from the beams.
Sacerdotal vestments of dingy yellow--the yellow of turmeric--were tumbled over bamboo rests.

When the gong sounded for prayers, men you thought were coolies threw these garments over the left shoulder, hitched them round the waist, and were transformed into priests, putting them back again immediately after the service.