` Powers O ' Darkness below , O'Hara ! How many more mixed friends do you keep in Asia ? ' he cried , as Kim slid down and stood helplessly before him . ` Good morning , Padre , ' the Englishman said cheerily . ' I know you by reputation well enough . Meant to have come over and called before this . I 'm Creighton . ' ` Of the Ethnological Survey ? ' said Father Victor . The Englishman nodded . ` Faith , I 'm glad to meet ye then ; an ' I owe you some thanks for bringing back the boy . ' ` No thanks to me , Padre . Besides , the boy was n't going away . You do n't know old Mahbub Ali . ' The horse-dealer sat impassive in the sunlight . ` You will when you have been in the station a month . He sells us all our crocks . That boy is rather a curiosity . Can you tell me anything about him ? ' ` Can I tell you ? '
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