` Yes -- and spent twice over what we saved on food by the way . That was talked out ten thousand times . ' ` Ay , by ten thousand tongues , ' grunted he . ` The Gods help us poor women if we may not speak . Oho ! He is of that sort which may not look at or reply to a woman . ' For the lama , constrained by his Rule , took not the faintest notice of her . ` And his disciple is like him ? ' ` Nay , mother , ' said Kim most promptly . ` Not when the woman is well-looking and above all charitable to the hungry . ' ' A beggar 's answer , ' said the Sikh , laughing . ` Thou hast brought it on thyself , sister ! ' Kim 's hands were crooked in supplication . ` And whither goest thou ? ' said the woman , handing him the half of a cake from a greasy package . ` Even to Benares . ' ` Jugglers belike ? ' the young soldier suggested . ` Have ye any tricks to pass the time ? Why does not that yellow man answer ? '
` Because , ' said XXXXX stoutly , ` he is holy , and thinks upon matters hidden from thee . '
Ay Benares Gods Jugglers Kim Oho Sikh goest lama thyself