That night he dreamed in Hindustani , with never an English word ... ` Holy One , there is the child to whom we gave the medicine , ' he said , about three o'clock in the morning , when the lama , also waking from dreams , would have fared forth on pilgrimage . ` The Jat will be here at the light . ' ' I am well answered . In my haste I would have done a wrong . ' He sat down on the cushions and returned to his rosary . ` Surely old folk are as children , ' he said pathetically . ` They desire a matter -- behold , it must be done at once , or they fret and weep ! Many times when I was upon the Road I have been ready to stamp with my feet at the hindrance of an ox-cart in the way , or a mere cloud of dust . It was not so when I was a man -- a long time ago . None the less it is wrongful -- ' ` But thou art indeed old , Holy One . ' ` The thing was done . A Cause was put out into the world , and , old or young , sick or sound , knowing or unknowing , who can rein in the effect of that Cause ? Does the Wheel hang still if a child spin it -- or a drunkard ? Chela , this is a great and a terrible world . ' ' I think it good , ' Kim yawned . ` What is there to eat ? I have not eaten since yesterday even . ' ' I had forgotten thy need . Yonder is good Bhotiyal tea and cold rice . ' ` We can not walk far on such stuff . '
XXXXX felt all the European 's lust for flesh-meat , which is not accessible in a Jain temple .
Chela English Jat Kim hindrance lama morning night ox-cart rosary