At the first sign of armed men each of those left shall die in yonder tiger cage." "We refuse!" "Then be the first to taste the tiger's fangs!" The chief called to his men to seize Ramabai and Pundita, when Kathlyn interfered.
"Go, Ramabai; it is useless to fight against these men who mean all they say, and who are as cruel as the tiger himself." "It shall be as the Mem-sahib says," replied Ramabai resignedly.
* * * * * * One morning Umballa entered the judgment hall of the palace, disturbed in mind.

Anonymous notes, bidding him not to persecute Ramabai and his wife further, on pain of death.

He had found these notes at the door of his zenana, in his stables, on his pillows.

In his heart he had sworn the death of Ramabai; but here was a phase upon which he had set no calculation.

Had there not been unrest abroad he would have scorned to pay any attention to these warnings; but this Ramabai--may he burn in hell!--was a power with the populace, with low and high castes alike, and for the first time, now that he gave the matter careful thought, his own future did not look particularly clear.