"I see what is going to happen," said the Princess. "This man will sow sedition all over the country and meantime preach peace in Khartoum and throw dust in the eyes of Europe."
"He is a scoundrel, a hypocrite——"
"Of course he is, my dear, but when people are bad they always pretend that they want to make other people better."
"Can the Government do nothing to stop him, to destroy him?"
"No, my dear. There is only one thing that can do that now."
"What?"
"A woman!"
"A woman?"
"Why not? Follow the holy man no farther than his threshold, they say. But some woman always does so. Always!"
Helena's staring eyes with their far-away look had come back to the Princess's face. The Princess was beating her hand and laughing.