` But that I am a little pressed with the care of the homestead I would take palanquin ... but that would be shameless , and my reputation would be cracked . Ho ! Ho ! I know the road -- every march of the road I know . Ye will find charity throughout -- it is not denied to the well-looking . I will give orders for provision . A servant to set you forth upon your journey ? No ... Then I will at least cook ye good food . ' ` What a woman is the Sahiba ! ' said the white-bearded Oorya , when a tumult rose by the kitchen quarters . ` She has never forgotten a friend : she has never forgotten an enemy in all her years . And her cookery -- wah ! ' He rubbed his slim stomach . There were cakes , there were sweetmeats , there was cold fowl stewed to rags with rice and prunes -- enough to burden Kim like a mule . ' I am old and useless , ' she said . ` None now love me -- and none respect -- but there are few to compare with me when I call on the Gods and squat to my cooking-pots . Come again , O people of good will . Holy One and disciple , come again . The room is always prepared ; the welcome is always ready ... See the women do not follow thy chela too openly . I know the women of Kulu .
Take heed , XXXXX , lest he run away when he smells his Hills again ... Hai !
Ho Kim Kulu Sahiba chela cooking-pots palanquin sweetmeats tumult wah