Huneefa , now whispering in his ear , now talking as from an immense distance , touched him with horrible soft fingers , but Mahbub 's grip never shifted from his neck till , relaxing with a sigh , the boy lost his senses . ` Allah ! How he fought ! We should never have done it but for the drugs . That was his white blood , I take it , ' said Mahbub testily . ` Go on with the dawut -LSB- invocation -RSB- . Give him full Protection . ' ' O Hearer ! Thou that hearest with ears , be present . Listen , O Hearer ! ' Huneefa moaned , her dead eyes turned to the west . The dark room filled with moanings and snortings . From the outer balcony , a ponderous figure raised a round bullet head and coughed nervously . ` Do not interrupt this ventriloquial necromanciss , my friend , ' it said in English . ' I opine that it is very disturbing to you , but no enlightened observer is jolly-well upset . ' ' ... ... I will lay a plot for their ruin ! O Prophet , bear with the unbelievers . Let them alone awhile ! ' Huneefa 's face , turned to the northward , worked horribly , and it was as though voices from the ceiling answered her . Hurree Babu returned to his note-book , balanced on the window-sill , but his hand shook .
XXXXX , in some sort of drugged ecstasy , wrenched herself to and fro as she sat cross-legged by Kim 's still head , and called upon devil after devil , in the ancient order of the ritual , binding them to avoid the boy 's every action .
English Huneefa Prophet dawut drugs moanings note-book snortings unbelievers window-sill