Everywhere gold and gems; fabulous riches, enough to make a man ten times a king.
"Highness," whispered the captain, "there is enough riches here to purchase the whole of Hind!" As he stared Umballa surrendered to a passing dream.

Presently he shook himself, sought the chain for which he had come, and reluctantly stepped out into the corridor again.

He would return soon to this door.

But for that fool of a white man who had saved the king from the leopard, he would have opened this door long since.

As he walked to the outer door he thought briefly of the beauty of Kathlyn.