Let us see who will dare gainsay the woman." That was simply supreme genius.

It even pleased Narayan Singh, since the tables were turned on Ayisha.

The only reason she could possibly have had for telling these men that Grim was Ali Higg was to score off him, either by capturing him for herself, or in the alternative by ruining him for rejecting her advances.

It was not clear yet which of the two she hoped to accomplish; perhaps, little savage that she was, she would have been content with either alternative and had simply chosen to force the issue.
At any rate Grim had passed the buck back to her.

He sent me over to the rock to fetch her, and I found her smiling serenely, like the Sphinx, only with more than a modicum of added mischief.
"Woman, the Lion of Petra summons you," said I.
She laughed at that as if the world were at her feet--got up, and stretched herself, and yawned like a lazy cat that sees the milk being set down in a saucer--straightened her dress, and nodded knowingly to her four men.