O gamblers and spendthrifts all ! But thou hast never yet ridden in a charge . A good horse is needed there , truly . A good follower and a good pony also for the marching . Let us see -- let us see . ' He thrummed on the pommel . ` This is no place to cast accounts in , my father . Let us go to thy house . ' ` At least pay the boy , then : I have no pice with me , and he brought auspicious news . Ho ! Friend of all the World , a war is toward as thou hast said . ' ` Nay , as I know , the war , ' returned Kim composedly . ` Eh ? ' said the lama , fingering his beads , all eager for the road . ` My master does not trouble the Stars for hire . We brought the news bear witness , we brought the news , and now we go . ' Kim half-crooked his hand at his side . The son tossed a silver coin through the sunlight , grumbling something about beggars and jugglers . It was a four-anna piece , and would feed them well for days . The lama , seeing the flash of the metal , droned a blessing .
` Go thy way , Friend of all the XXXXX , ' piped the old soldier , wheeling his scrawny mount .
Ho Kim World days jugglers lama pice pommel spendthrifts war