Who bathes in her is made clean and goes to the Gods.
Thrice have I made pilgrimage to Gunga.' He looked round proudly.
'There was need,' said the young sepoy drily, and the travellers' laugh turned against the banker.
'Clean--to return again to the Gods,' the lama muttered.

'And to go forth on the round of lives anew--still tied to the Wheel.' He shook his head testily.

'But maybe there is a mistake.

Who, then, made Gunga in the beginning ?' 'The Gods.

Of what known faith art thou ?' the banker said, appalled.
'I follow the Law--the Most Excellent Law.