With much reverence they placed the idol within the shrine, the pilgrims took hold firmly of the ropes and the car rattled and thundered on its way to the river.
Of Juggernaut and his car more anon.
The street outside the garden of brides was in reality no thoroughfare, though natives occasionally made use of it as a short cut into town.
Therefore no one observed the entrance of an elephant, which stopped close to the wall, seemingly to melt into the drab of it.

On his back, however, the howdah was conspicuous.

Behind the curtains Kathlyn patiently waited.

She was about to turn away in despair when through the wicker gate she saw Winnie, attended by one of the zenana girls, enter the garden.

It seemed as if her will reached out to bring Winnie to the wall and to hold the other young woman where she was.
But the two sat in the center of the garden, the thoughts of each far away.