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398 ADVENTURES IN TIBET.
strangers, and had disgraced his priestly office. He was a
traitor ; he should never more set foot within the holy
precincts.
Eventually I proposed to Kamba Bombo that I should
write a letter, which he should send to the Dalai Lama.
But he answered, that it would be as much as his place
was worth to offer counsel to the Holy One. Nor was there
Tibetan Soldiers.
any need to send a messenger ; orders were despatched
to himself direct from Lassa every day, and he knew
precisely how he had to deal with us.
After that he got up, pohtely took his leave, swung
himself into his highly-decorated saddle, and rode away,
followed by his large staff. By this it was twihght, and the
whole troop soon disappeared from sight, and with it
vanished my hope of seeing the Holy City. That night
the stars twinkled bright and still above the mountains of
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