"Then, Ayah, fasten it all into one word."
"That he is a very great mystic. Not one of the yogis who are unclean and scrap-fed, but a true mystic; a master and an adept in one of the greatest of all powers."
"Have no fear. I alone shall carry the burden of speaking."
Since there are few more potent benedictions than "Have no fear," the ayah withdrew in deep content.
While Skag sat in the tent next day, the police commissioner's wife said to him:
"I have learned that you are a wonder man."
"That is a mistake."
"Is it true that you and a friend spent the night in a pit-trap with a living, unchained tiger and that he did not hurt you?"
"A part of the night, yes."
"Will you explain it on any ordinary grounds?"