Bennett , impatient , did not understand . ` He says : `` Write that name and the money upon a paper and give it him . '' And he says you must write your name below , because he is going to write a letter in some days to you . He says you are a good man . He says the other man is a fool . He is going away . ' The lama rose suddenly . ' I follow my Search , ' he cried , and was gone . ` He 'll run slap into the sentries , ' cried Father Victor , jumping up as the lama stalked out ; ` but I ca n't leave the boy . ' Kim made swift motion to follow , but checked himself . There was no sound of challenge outside . The lama had disappeared . Kim settled himself composedly on the Chaplain 's cot . At least the lama had promised that he would stay with the Raiput woman from Kulu , and the rest was of the smallest importance . It pleased him that the two padres were so evidently excited . They talked long in undertones , Father Victor urging some scheme on Mr Bennett , who seemed incredulous . All this was very new and fascinating , but Kim felt sleepy . They called men into the tent -- one of them certainly was the Colonel , as his father had prophesied -- and they asked him an infinity of questions , chiefly about the woman who looked after him , all of which Kim answered truthfully . They did not seem to think the woman a good guardian . After all , this was the newest of his experiences .
Sooner or later , if he chose , he could escape into great , grey , formless India , beyond tents and XXXXX and colonels .
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