There was no answer. He tried the gate, but it was fastened on the inside. So he made Diana jump it, and in less than a minute after that Dawa Tsering came and undid the bars.
“O thou, Gupta Rao, there are happenings!” he said, showing white teeth that gleamed in the dark.
[31] See United States daily papers, 1923; also official Indian Government reports.
To him who truly seeks the Middle Way, the Middle Way will open. One step forward is enough.
From the Book of the Sayings of Tsiang Samdup.
CHAPTER XV
THE ROLL-CALL BY NIGHT.
Within the courtyard there was not confusion but a silent flitting to and fro as purposeful and devoid of collision as the evening flight of bats. Tall, specter-like figures, on the run, were carrying out loads and arranging them in a long row under the cloister. There was no sign of the Lama, nor of Maitraya, and only one dim light was burning—a guttering candle set in a sconce under one of the arches.