` We will put these things behind us , ' he said , indicating the brazen engine and the gleaming track . ` The jolting of the te-rain -- though a wonderful thing -- has turned my bones to water . We will use clean air henceforward . ' ` Let us go to the Kulu woman 's house ' said Kim , and stepped forth cheerily under the bundles . Early morning Saharunpore-way is clean and well scented . He thought of the other mornings at St Xavier 's , and it topped his already thrice-heaped contentment . ` Where is this new haste born from ? Wise men do not run about like chickens in the sun . We have come hundreds upon hundreds of koss already , and , till now , I have scarcely been alone with thee an instant . How canst thou receive instruction all jostled of crowds ? How can I , whelmed by a flux of talk , meditate upon the Way ? ' ` Her tongue grows no shorter with the years , then ? ' the disciple smiled . ` Nor her desire for charms . I remember once when I spoke of the Wheel of Life ' -- the lama fumbled in his bosom for his latest copy -- ` she was only curious about the devils that besiege children . She shall acquire merit by entertaining us -- in a little while -- at an after-occasion -- softly , softly . Now we will wander loose-foot , waiting upon the Chain of Things . The Search is sure . ' So they travelled very easily across and among the broad bloomful fruit-gardens -- by way of Aminabad , Sahaigunge , Akrola of the Ford , and little Phulesa -- the line of the Siwaliks always to the north , and behind them again the snows . After long , sweet sleep under the dry stars came the lordly , leisurely passage through a waking village -- begging-bowl held forth in silence , but eyes roving in defiance of the Law from sky 's edge to sky 's edge .
Then would XXXXX return soft-footed through the soft dust to his master under the shadow of a mango-tree or the thinner shade of a white Doon siris , to eat and drink at ease .
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