I saw this in darkness . First came a man to make things clear . Then came horsemen . Then came He standing in a ring of light . The rest followed as I have said . Old man , have I spoken truth ? ' ` It is He . Past all doubt it is He . ' The crowd drew a long , quavering breath , staring alternately at the old man , still at attention , and ragged Kim against the purple twilight . ` Said I not -- said I not he was from the other world ? ' cried the lama proudly . ` He is the Friend of all the World . He is the Friend of the Stars ! ' ` At least it does not concern us , ' a man cried . ' O thou young soothsayer , if the gift abides with thee at all seasons , I have a red-spotted cow . She may be sister to thy Bull for aught I know -- ' ` Or I care , ' said Kim . ` My Stars do not concern themselves with thy cattle . ' ` Nay , but she is very sick , ' a woman struck in . ` My man is a buffalo , or he would have chosen his words better . Tell me if she recover ? '
Had XXXXX been at all an ordinary boy , he would have carried on the play ; but one does not know Lahore city , and least of all the fakirs by the Taksali Gate , for thirteen years without also knowing human nature .
First Friend Kim aught concern crowd lama rest twilight world