Carry this to the Babu , and say it was sent by the Son of the Charm . ' ` Ai ! Truly ! Truly ! By a magician -- who is like a Sahib . ' ` Nay , a Son of the Charm : and ask if there be any answer . ' ` But if he offer a rudeness ? I -- I am afraid . ' Kim laughed . ` He is , I have no doubt , very tired and very hungry . The Hills make cold bedfellows . Hai , my ' -- it was on the tip of his tongue to say Mother , but he turned it to Sister -- ` thou art a wise and witty woman . By this time all the villages know what has befallen the Sahibs -- eh ? ' ` True . News was at Ziglaur by midnight , and by tomorrow should be at Kotgarh . The villages are both afraid and angry . ' ` No need . Tell the villages to feed the Sahibs and pass them on , in peace . We must get them quietly away from our valleys . To steal is one thing -- to kill another .
The XXXXX will understand , and there will be no after-complaints .
Babu Charm Hai Kim Kotgarh Mother Sahib Sister bedfellows midnight