Especially the murasla . Tell me what to do . I am at Shamlegh-under-the-Snow . The old man is sick . ' ` Take this to him . It will altogether shut his mouth . He can not have gone far . ' ` Indeed no . They are still in the forest across the spur . Our children went to watch them when the light came , and have cried the news as they moved . ' Kim looked his astonishment ; but from the edge of the sheep-pasture floated a shrill , kite-like trill . A child tending cattle had picked it up from a brother or sister on the far side of the slope that commanded Chini valley . ` My husbands are also out there gathering wood . ' She drew a handful of walnuts from her bosom , split one neatly , and began to eat . Kim affected blank ignorance . ` Dost thou not know the meaning of the walnut -- priest ? ' she said coyly , and handed him the half-shells . ` Well thought of . ' He slipped the piece of paper between them quickly . ` Hast thou a little wax to close them on this letter ? '
The woman sighed aloud , and XXXXX relented .
Chini Kim Shamlegh-under-the-Snow edge half-shells ignorance light murasla sheep-pasture trill