`AndtheyareallboundupontheWheel,’saidthelama。`Boundfromlifeafterlife。TononeofthesehastheWaybeenshown。’Heshookhimselfbacktothisworld。
`Andnowwehavewalkedawearyway,’saidKim。`Surelyweshallsooncometoaparao[aresting-place]。Shallwestaythere?Look,thesunissloping。’
`Whowillreceiveusthisevening?’
`Thatisallone。Thiscountryisfullofgoodfolk。Besides’hesunkhisvoicebeneathawhisper-`wehavemoney。’
Thecrowdthickenedastheynearedtheresting-placewhichmarkedtheendoftheirday’sjourney。Alineofstallssellingverysimplefoodandtobacco,astackoffirewood,apolice-station,awell,ahorse-trough,afewtrees,and,underthem,sometrampledgrounddottedwiththeblackashesofoldfires,areallthatmarkaparaoontheGrandTrunk;