She arrived in great pomp, and there was some trouble in the streets as the procession passed through to the temple which she had chosen as her residence.

For the Hindus, on the one hand, firmly believed in her divinity.

The lady came of a class which, held in dishonour in the West, had its social position and prestige in India.

There was no reason in the eyes of the faithful why she should say she was the Goddess Devi if she were not.

Therefore they lined the streets to acclaim her coming.
The Mohammedans, on the other hand, Afghans from the far side of the Khyber, men of the Hassan and the Aka and the Adam Khel tribes, Afridis from Kohat and Tirah and the Araksai country, any who happened to be in that wild and crowded town, turned out, too--to keep order, as they pleasantly termed it, when their leaders were subsequently asked for explanations.