"It is against the law to keep my paper!"

"The law catches whom it can, Mukhum Dass, letting all others go, like
a python after monkeys in the tree-tops!"

"From whom am I to get my paper for the lawsuit at the proper time?"

"From Jinendra's priest perhaps."

"He has it now? The dog's stray offspring! I will--"

"Nay, he has it not! Be kind and courteous to Jinendra's priest, or perhaps
the god will send the paper after all to Dhulap Singh!"

"As to what shall I keep silence?"

"Two matters. Firstly Chamu the butler will presently pay his son's debt.
Give Chamu a receipt with the number of the bank-note written on it,
saying nothing."

"Second?"

"Preserve the bank-note carefully for thirty days and keep silence."

"I will do that. Now tell me thy name?"

Yasmini laughed. "Do thy victims repay in advance the rupees not yet
lent? Nay, the price is silence! First, pay the price; then learn my name.
Go--get thy money from Chamu the butler. Breathe as much as a hint