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 . Huneefa , 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 . ` With Him are the keys of the Secret Things ! None knoweth them besides Himself He knoweth that which is in the dry land and in the sea ! ' Again broke out the unearthly whistling responses . ` I -- I apprehend it is not at all malignant in its operation ? ' said the Babu , watching the throat-muscles quiver and jerk as Huneefa spoke with tongues . ` It -- it is not likely that she has killed the boy ? If so , I decline to be witness at the trial ... What was the last hypothetical devil mentioned ? ' ` Babuji , ' said Mahbub in the vernacular . ' I have no regard for the devils of Hind , but the Sons of Eblis are far otherwise , and whether they be jumalee -LSB- well-affected -RSB- or jullalee -LSB- terrible -RSB- they love not Kafirs . ' ` Then you think I had better go ? '
said Hurree XXXXX , half rising .
Babu Babuji English Kim Mahbub moanings necromanciss note-book quiver snortings