Fleeing bandits, the group enters Tibet, where they meet the old Lama who rules a monastery. But then the Lama says they have been drawn to him by destiny.
“A BANDID, said the sign. ‘A bandid?’ said Rachel. ‘Must mean bandit. A bandit.’ Everybody laughed at this idea, and the kitten, trying desperately to get loose, spat at them all.”
It was perfectly clear that the Signor Sinbad, Franz’s host, had the honor of being on excellent terms with the smugglers and bandits along the whole coast of the Mediterranean, and so enjoyed exceptional privileges.