If you were Asiatic of birth you might be employed right off ; but this half-year of leave is to make you de-Englishized , you see ? The lama he expects you , because I have demi-offeecially informed him you have passed all your examinations , and will soon obtain Government appointment . Oh ho ! You are on acting-allowance , you see : so if you are called upon to help Sons of the Charm mind you jolly-well try . Now I shall say good-bye , my dear fellow , and I hope you -- ah -- will come out top-side all raight . ' Hurree Babu stepped back a pace or two into the crowd at the entrance of Lucknow station and -- was gone . Kim drew a deep breath and hugged himself all over . The nickel-plated revolver he could feel in the bosom of his sad-coloured robe , the amulet was on his neck ; begging-gourd , rosary , and ghost-dagger -LRB- Mr Lurgan had forgotten nothing -RRB- were all to hand , with medicine , paint-box , and compass , and in a worn old purse-belt embroidered with porcupine-quill patterns lay a month 's pay . Kings could be no richer . He bought sweetmeats in a leaf-cup from a Hindu trader , and ate them with glad rapture till a policeman ordered him off the steps . Chapter 11 Give the man who is not made To his trade Swords to fling and catch again , Coins to ring and snatch again , Men to harm and cure again , Snakes to charm and lure again -- He 'll be hurt by his own blade , By his serpents disobeyed , By his clumsiness bewrayed , ' By the people mocked to scorn -- So 't is not with juggler born ! Pinch of dust or withered flower , Chance-flung fruit or borrowed staff , Serve his need and shore his power , Bind the spell , or loose the laugh ! But a man who , etc. . The Juggler 's Song , op. 15 Followed a sudden natural reaction . ` Now am I alone -- all alone , ' he thought . ` In all India is no one so alone as I ! If I die today , who shall bring the news -- and to whom ? If I live and God is good , there will be a price upon my head , for I am a Son of the Charm -- I , Kim . ' A very few white people , but many Asiatics , can throw themselves into a mazement as it were by repeating their own names over and over again to themselves , letting the mind go free upon speculation as to what is called personal identity . When one grows older , the power , usually , departs , but while it lasts it may descend upon a man at any moment .
` Who is XXXXX -- Kim -- Kim ? '
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