All six cartridges come out at one twist . It is borne in the bosom next the skin , which , as it were , keeps it oiled . Never put it elsewhere , and please God , thou shalt some day kill a man with it . ' ` Hai mai ! ' said Kim ruefully . ` If a Sahib kills a man he is hanged in the jail . ' ` True : but one pace beyond the Border , men are wiser . Put it away ; but fill it first . Of what use is a gun unfed ? ' ` When I go back to the madrissah I must return it . They do not allow little guns . Thou wilt keep it for me ? ' ` Son , I am wearied of that madrissah , where they take the best years of a man to teach him what he can only learn upon the Road . The folly of the Sahibs has neither top nor bottom . No matter . Maybe thy written report shall save thee further bondage ; and God He knows we need men more and more in the Game . ' They marched , jaw-bound against blowing sand , across the salt desert to Jodhpur , where Mahbub and his handsome nephew Habib Ullah did much trading ; and then sorrowfully , in European clothes , which he was fast outgrowing , Kim went second-class to St Xavier 's . Three weeks later , Colonel Creighton , pricing Tibetan ghost-daggers at Lurgan 's shop , faced Mahbub Ali openly mutinous . Lurgan Sahib operated as support in reserve . ` The pony is made -- finished -- mouthed and paced , Sahib !
From now on , XXXXX by day , he will lose his manners if he is kept at tricks .
Creighton European Hai Kim Lurgan day first madrissah outgrowing years