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Updated: May 27, 2025
Hilary waited quietly, ready to seize the slightest opening; Joan pressed wide-eyed against his shoulder. "Know this Earth dog?" the Viceroy jerked at Hilary. Urga's glance was puzzled. "I told you I threw him out of the entrance, but even then I felt I had seen him before." "You have, Cor Urga," the ruler laughed shortly. "This is the one who is responsible for the mutterings of the slaves.
Unless Lamaism is abolished I can see little hope for the rejuvenation of the race. In writing of Urga's inhabitants and their way of life I am neglecting the city itself. I have already told of the great temple on the hill and its clustering lama houses which overlook and dominate the river valley.
At the eastern end of Urga's central street, which is made picturesque by gayly painted prayer wheels and alive with a moving throng of brilliant horsemen, are the Custom House and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The former is at the far end of an enormous compound filled with camel caravans or loaded carts.
The track was rough and boggy and often blocked by interminable trains of bullock carts laden with logs or dressed lumber, Urga's important exports. Toward the end of the day the way became steeper and wilder, ascending between slopes well wooded with spruce and pine and larch and birch. It was a joy to be in a real forest again.
It went home with a soul-satisfying crunch. Urga's gray gash of a mouth seemed to smear slowly over the rest of his face. A wild animal scream burst from him as he sagged. Then a swirl of other Mercutians anxious to get at the Earthman eddied him out of view. Hilary felt better. Now he could die content.
"Don't stand there like a fool. Untie me." Gratitude was not among the Viceroy's virtues. Urga's face mottled as he hastened to obey. When Artok stood finally released, he glared heavily at Hilary and Joan. Then slowly a smile broke over his warty features, a smile that boded unutterable things.
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