said Hurree Babu , half rising . ` They are , of course , dematerialized phenomena . Spencer says . ' Huneefa 's crisis passed , as these things must , in a paroxysm of howling , with a touch of froth at the lips . She lay spent and motionless beside Kim , and the crazy voices ceased . ` Wah ! That work is done . May the boy be better for it ; and Huneefa is surely a mistress of dawut . Help haul her aside , Babu . Do not be afraid . ' ` How am I to fear the absolutely non-existent ? ' said Hurree Babu , talking English to reassure himself . It is an awful thing still to dread the magic that you contemptuously investigate -- to collect folk-lore for the Royal Society with a lively belief in all Powers of Darkness . Mahbub chuckled . He had been out with Hurree on the Road ere now . ` Let us finish the colouring , ' said he . ` The boy is well protected if -- if the Lords of the Air have ears to hear . I am a Sufi -LSB- free-thinker -RSB- , but when one can get blind-sides of a woman , a stallion , or a devil , why go round to invite a kick ? Set him upon the way , Babu , and see that old Red Hat does not lead him beyond our reach . I must get back to my horses . '
` All raight , ' said Hurree XXXXX .
Babu English Huneefa Mahbub Wah blind-sides colouring dawut free-thinker paroxysm