Earth has nothing on the same plane to compare with it . But , cried the Oriental in him , Babus do not travel far to retail compliments . ` Tell thy tale , Babu , ' he said authoritatively . ` Oah , it is nothing . Onlee I was at Simla when the wire came in about what our mutual friend said he had hidden , and old Creighton -- ' He looked to see how Kim would take this piece of audacity . ` The Colonel Sahib , ' the boy from St Xavier 's corrected . ` Of course . He found me at a loose string , and I had to go down to Chitor to find that beastly letter . I do not like the South -- too much railway travel ; but I drew good travelling allowance . Ha ! Ha ! I meet our mutual at Delhi on the way back . He lies quiett just now , and says Saddhu-disguise suits him to the ground . Well , there I hear what you have done so well , so quickly , upon the instantaneous spur of the moment . I tell our mutual you take the bally bun , by Jove ! It was splendid . I come to tell you so . ' ` Umm ! ' The frogs were busy in the ditches , and the moon slid to her setting . Some happy servant had gone out to commune with the night and to beat upon a drum .
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Babu Babus Creighton Delhi Kim Oah Onlee Saddhu-disguise Simla South