We've got to stage what the movie people call a close-up." Almost every one in the outfit had a different view of the situation, although all agreed that Grim was the man to stay with.

Narayan Singh, growling in my ear incessantly, scented intrigue, and his Sikh blood tingled at the thought; he began to look more tolerantly on Ayisha as a mere instrument whom Grim would find some chance of using.
"For the cleverest woman whom the devil ever sent to ruin men is after all but a lie that engulfs the liar.

I know that man Jimgrim.

She will dig a pit, but he will not fall into it.

It may be that we shall all die together, but what of that ?" Ayisha, on the other hand, was getting nervous.