"Shall believers languish and perish in the hands of swine without faith?
Verily it is Allah's doing, whose name is great and powerful.

He will not suffer the followers of His prophet to be devoured of jackals and unclean beasts.

Masallah! There is no God but God." Therefore, when they had eaten some food, Ram Lal and Shere Ali departed, journeying north-east towards Thibet, and Isaacs and I remained sleeping in the tent until past noon.

Then we arose and went our way, having packed up the little canvas house and the utensils and the pole into a neat bundle which we carried by turns along the steep rough paths, until we found the dooly-bearers squatting round the embers after their mid-day meal.

As we journeyed we talked of the events of the night.