` Do you know him ? ' Hurree Babu held up his hand to show he was engaged in the prescribed rites that accompany tooth-cleaning and such things among decently bred Bengalis . Then he recited in English an Arya-Somaj prayer of a theistical nature , and stuffed his mouth with pan and betel . ` Oah yes . I have met him several times at Benares , and also at Buddh Gaya , to interrogate him on releegious points and devil-worship . He is pure agnostic -- same as me . ' Huneefa stirred in her sleep , and Hurree Babu jumped nervously to the copper incense-burner , all black and discoloured in morning-light , rubbed a finger in the accumulated lamp-black , and drew it diagonally across his face . ` Who has died in thy house ? ' asked Kim in the vernacular . ` None . But she may have the Evil Eye -- that sorceress , ' the Babu replied . ` What dost thou do now , then ? ' ' I will set thee on thy way to Benares , if thou goest thither , and tell thee what must be known by Us . ' ' I go . At what hour runs the te-rain ? ' He rose to his feet , looked round the desolate chamber and at the yellow-wax face of Huneefa as the low sun stole across the floor . ` Is there money to be paid that witch ? ' ` No . She has charmed thee against all devils and all dangers in the name of her devils . It was Mahbub 's desire . '
In XXXXX : ` He is highly obsolete , I think , to indulge in such supersteetion .
Arya-Somaj English Huneefa Kim Mahbub agnostic betel incense-burner sorceress te-rain