He ca n't do much harm in three days . ' ` It 's a weight off my mind , but -- this thing here ? ' -- he waved the note of hand -- ' I do n't know Gobind Sahai : or his bank , which may be a hole in a wall . ' ` You 've never been a subaltern in debt . I 'll cash it if you like , and send you the vouchers in proper order . ' ` But with all your own work too ! It 's askin ' -- ' ` It 's not the least trouble indeed . You see , as an ethnologist , the thing 's very interesting to me . I 'd like to make a note of it for some Government work that I 'm doing . The transformation of a regimental badge like your Red Bull into a sort of fetish that the boy follows is very interesting . ' ` But I ca n't thank you enough . ' ` There 's one thing you can do . All we Ethnological men are as jealous as jackdaws of one another 's discoveries . They 're of no interest to anyone but ourselves , of course , but you know what book-collectors are like . Well , do n't say a word , directly or indirectly , about the Asiatic side of the boy 's character -- his adventures and his prophecy , and so on . I 'll worm them out of the boy later on and -- you see ? ' ' I do . Ye 'll make a wonderful account of it . Never a word will I say to anyone till I see it in print . ' ` Thank you .
That goes straight to an XXXXX 's heart .
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