Hookum Hai

"Maybe it's true," he muttered, "and maybe it's all lies; there's no knowing. Maybe India's going to run blood, as these fakirs seem to think, and maybe it isn't. There'll be more blood shed than mine in that case! 'Hookum hai'--'It is orders,' heh ? Well--there's more than one sort of 'Hookum hai!' I've got my orders too!"