But men are ever thus ! ' She looked round for approval . An Amritzar courtesan near the window sniffed behind her head drapery . ` Enter ! Enter ! ' cried a fat Hindu money-lender , his folded account-book in a cloth under his arm . With an oily smirk : ` It is well to be kind to the poor . ' ` Ay , at seven per cent a month with a mortgage on the unborn calf , ' said a young Dogra soldier going south on leave ; and they all laughed . ` Will it travel to Benares ? ' said the lama . ` Assuredly . Else why should we come ? Enter , or we are left , ' cried Kim . ` See ! ' shrilled the Amritzar girl . ` He has never entered a train . Oh , see ! ' ` Nay , help , ' said the cultivator , putting out a large brown hand and hauling him in . ` Thus is it done , father . ' ` But -- but -- I sit on the floor .
It is against the Rule to sit on a bench , ' said the XXXXX .
Amritzar Ay Benares Dogra Kim account-book cultivator lama money-lender month