On the other hand, said Grim, I understand him and
he understands me. The general stared, leaned back and drummed his fingers on the
desk.
And I am old, Jimgrim,but I am neither blind nor
deaf. But as I turned away he begged me not to repeat ourconversation. Easiest way
to dispose of inconvenientphenomena is to call same frauds or miracles.
Dorje might turn out to be agodsend after
all!
It would be safer to pose as the Pope, or as the
Viceroy of India,said the general. I think that Dorje candefeat the whole world with
his knowledge of things unknown toother people.
But that would not prevent the Chinese if theysaw
one golden chest that came out of the Gobi.
What we want is leave to cut loose and behave
likecrazy men.
In a certain degree the Indians are used to it;
itwould only need developing and training. And if we know of buried cities in the
Gobi Desert, we dont giveup scheming. Reformersand reformed are all dishonest
scoundrels. He danced, impiously posturing like Krishna with his flute, whereashe
should have danced like Siva. And if someone steals the boots, we try tosteal em
back.
I have heard ofgangrene being painted on the claws
and on the sting.
Jimgrim, I swore I would never trust another man
born of a woman! Chullunder Ghose is as much my friend asyou are. Could you bring
him here without arousing his suspicion?
The numbers seem to run from one to nine; and then
fromone to nine again, and so on. My akasicrecord is already bad enough without
another one in this worldalso. Dorjes strength consists in being
undiscoverable.
I couldhear Grim coming, and the others close
behind him. Chapter Twenty-SevenDeify me, and I bust.
I said, surely you have allthe news in this
place.
It is based on sending thought into anothershead.
So it looks as if his information man is hampered by the censorship.