Do not let it be blunted at St Xavier 's . There are many boys there who despise the black men . ' ` Their mothers were bazar-women , ' said Kim . He knew well there is no hatred like that of the half-caste for his brother-in-law . ` True ; but thou art a Sahib and the son of a Sahib . Therefore , do not at any time be led to contemn the black men . I have known boys newly entered into the service of the Government who feigned not to understand the talk or the customs of black men . Their pay was cut for ignorance . There is no sin so great as ignorance . Remember this . ' Several times in the course of the long twenty-four hours ' run south did the Colonel send for Kim , always developing this latter text . ` We be all on one lead-rope , then , ' said Kim at last , ` the Colonel , Mahbub Ali , and I -- when I become a chain-man . He will use me as Mahbub Ali employed me , I think . That is good , if it allows me to return to the Road again . This clothing grows no easier by wear . ' When they came to the crowded Lucknow station there was no sign of the lama . He swallowed his disappointment , while the Colonel bundled him into a ticca-gharri with his neat belongings and despatched him alone to St Xavier 's . ' I do not say farewell , because we shall meet again , ' he cried . ` Again , and many times , if thou art one of good spirit . But thou art not yet tried . '
` Not when I brought thee ' -- XXXXX actually dared to use the turn of equals -- ' a white stallion 's pedigree that night ? '
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