It was a wry-necked matter of unauthorized and incendiary correspondence between a person who claimed to be the ultimate authority in all matters of the Mohammedan religion throughout the world , and a younger member of a royal house who had been brought to book for kidnapping women within British territory . The Moslem Archbishop had been emphatic and over-arrogant ; the young prince was merely sulky at the curtailment of his privileges , but there was no need he should continue a correspondence which might some day compromise him . One letter indeed had been procured , but the finder was later found dead by the roadside in the habit of an Arab trader , as E. 23 , taking up the work , duly reported . These facts , and a few others not to be published , made both Mahbub and Creighton shake their heads . ` Let him go out with his Red Lama , ' said the horse-dealer with visible effort . ` He is fond of the old man . He can learn his paces by the rosary at least . ' ' I have had some dealings with the old man -- by letter , ' said Colonel Creighton , smiling to himself . ` Whither goes he ? ' ` Up and down the land , as he has these three years . He seeks a River of Healing . God 's curse upon all -- ' Mahbub checked himself . ` He beds down at the Temple of the Tirthankars or at Buddh Gaya when he is in from the Road . Then he goes to see the boy at the madrissah , as we know for the boy was punished for it twice or thrice . He is quite mad , but a peaceful man . I have met him . The Babu also has had dealings with him . We have watched him for three years . Red Lamas are not so common in Hind that one loses track . ' ` Babus are very curious , ' said Lurgan meditatively .
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