I do not wish to be beaten . ' ` The Hand of Friendship has averted the Whip of Calamity ; but another time , when thou takest the Road it will be with me . This is too early . ' ` Late enough for me . I have learned to read and to write English a little at the madrissah . I shall soon be altogether a Sahib . ' ` Hear him ! ' laughed Mahbub , looking at the little drenched figure dancing in the wet . ` Salaam -- Sahib , ' and he saluted ironically . ` Well , art tired of the Road , or wilt thou come on to Umballa with me and work back with the horses ? ' ' I come with thee , Mahbub Ali . ' Chapter 8 Something I owe to the soil that grew -- More to the life that fed -- But most to Allah Who gave me two Separate sides to my head . I would go without shirts or shoes , Friends , tobacco or bread Sooner than for an instant lose Either side of my head . ' The Two-Sided Man . ` Then in God 's name take blue for red , ' said Mahbub , alluding to the Hindu colour of Kim 's disreputable turban . Kim countered with the old proverb , ' I will change my faith and my bedding , but thou must pay for it . ' The dealer laughed till he nearly fell from his horse . At a shop on the outskirts of the city the change was made , and Kim stood up , externally at least , a Mohammedan . Mahbub hired a room over against the railway station , sent for a cooked meal of the finest with the almond-curd sweet-meats -LSB- balushai we call it -RSB- and fine-chopped Lucknow tobacco . ` This is better than some other meat that I ate with the Sikh , ' said Kim , grinning as he squatted , ` and assuredly they give no such victuals at my madrissah . ' '
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Ali Calamity Mahbub Man Sahib Umballa balushai madrissah sweet-meats tobacco