no mistaking it, except by such as lie invariably, of whom there is a
multifarious host.

"If your husband continues digging near the fort he will get nothing,
because the English will take it all. If he digs in a certain other place
he will get a very great fortune!"

"But, my dear, supposing that is quite true, how shall he convince
Gungadhura, after all the outlay and expense of the present operations,
that it's best to abandon them and begin all over again in another place?"

Yasmini lay back on the cushions, drew something out from under one
of them, and laughed softly, as if enjoying a deep underflow of
secret information.

"Gungadhura himself shall insist on it!"

"What? On starting again in a new place?"

Yasmini nodded.

"Only do as I say, and Gungadhura himself shall insist."

"What do you wish me to do?"

Tess was beginning to feel alarmed again. She knew to a rupee how
much Gungadhura had been obliged to pay out for the digging. To
make herself
responsible even in degree for the abandonment of all that outlay would
be risky, even if no other construction could be placed on it.