Ye 'll make a wonderful account of it . Never a word will I say to anyone till I see it in print . ' ` Thank you . That goes straight to an ethnologist 's heart . Well , I must be getting back to my breakfast . Good Heavens ! Old Mahbub here still ? ' He raised his voice , and the horse-dealer came out from under the shadow of the tree , ` Well , what is it ? ' ` As regards that young horse , ' said Mahbub , ' I say that when a colt is born to be a polo-pony , closely following the ball without teaching -- when such a colt knows the game by divination -- then I say it is a great wrong to break that colt to a heavy cart , Sahib ! ' ` So say I also , Mahbub . The colt will be entered for polo only . -LRB- These fellows think of nothing in the world but horses , Padre . -RRB- I 'll see you tomorrow , Mahbub , if you 've anything likely for sale . ' The dealer saluted , horseman-fashion , with a sweep of the off hand . ` Be patient a little , Friend of all the World , ' he whispered to the agonized Kim . ` Thy fortune is made . In a little while thou goest to Nucklao , and -- here is something to pay the letter-writer . I shall see thee again , I think , many times , ' and he cantered off down the road . ` Listen to me , ' said the Colonel from the veranda , speaking in the vernacular . ` In three days thou wilt go with me to Lucknow , seeing and hearing new things all the while .
Therefore sit still for three XXXXX and do not run away .
Kim Lucknow Mahbub Padre World days ethnologist horse-dealer horseman-fashion letter-writer