At first I was amazed to see those tall poles by the side of the road snatching up and snatching up their threads , ' -- he illustrated the stoop and whirl of a telegraph-pole flashing past the train . ` But later , I was cramped and desired to walk , as I am used . ' ` And thou art sure of thy road ? ' said the Curator . ` Oh , for that one but asks a question and pays money , and the appointed persons despatch all to the appointed place . That much I knew in my lamassery from sure report , ' said the lama proudly . ` And when dost thou go ? ' The Curator smiled at the mixture of old-world piety and modern progress that is the note of India today . ` As soon as may be . I follow the places of His life till I come to the River of the Arrow . There is , moreover , a written paper of the hours of the trains that go south . ' ` And for food ? ' Lamas , as a rule , have good store of money somewhere about them , but the Curator wished to make sure . ` For the journey , I take up the Master 's begging-bowl . Yes . Even as He went so go I , forsaking the ease of my monastery . There was with me when I left the hills a chela -LSB- disciple -RSB- who begged for me as the Rule demands , but halting in Kulu awhile a fever took him and he died . I have now no chela , but I will take the alms-bowl and thus enable the charitable to acquire merit . ' He nodded his head valiantly . Learned doctors of a lamassery do not beg , but the lama was an enthusiast in this quest .
` Be it so , ' said the XXXXX , smiling .
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