`Hiscountry-hisrace-hisvillage？MussalmanSikh-Hindu-Jain-lowcasteorhigh？’
`WhyshouldIask？ThereisneitherhighnorlowintheMiddleWay。
Ifheismychela-does-will-cananyonetakehimfromme？for，lookyou，withouthimIshallnotfindmyRiver。’Hewaggedhisheadsolemnly。
`Noneshalltakehimfromthee。Go，sitamongmyBaltis，’saidMahbubAli，andthelamadriftedoff’soothedbythepromise。
`Ishenotquitemad？’saidKim，comingforwardtothelightagain。