` It is this person who has suffered wrong , ' said the lama , his hand over his brow . ` For that very reason , ' was the reply . ` If this person overlooks it , your hands are clean . Moreover , ye acquire merit by obedience . ' ` Wait , and we will all go to Shamlegh together , ' the man insisted . For a moment , for just so long as it needs to stuff a cartridge into a breech-loader , the lama hesitated . Then he rose to his feet , and laid a finger on the man 's shoulder . ` Hast thou heard ? I say there shall be no killing -- I who was Abbot of Such-zen . Is it any lust of thine to be re-born as a rat , or a snake under the eaves -- a worm in the belly of the most mean beast ? Is it thy wish to -- ' The man from Ao-chung fell to his knees , for the voice boomed like a Tibetan devil-gong . ` Ai ! ai ! ' cried the Spiti men . ` Do not curse us -- do not curse him . It was but his zeal , Holy One ! ... Put down the rifle , fool ! ' ` Anger on anger ! Evil on evil ! There will be no killing .
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