Kim peered at Mahbub under his eyebrows . ` Then thou wouldst have drunk water twice -- perhaps thrice , afterwards . I do not think more than thrice , ' said Mahbub simply . ` It is true . I thought of that a little , but most I thought that I loved thee , Mahbub . Therefore I went to Umballa , as thou knowest , but -LRB- and this thou dost not know -RRB- I lay hid in the garden-grass to see what Colonel Creighton Sahib might do upon reading the white stallion 's pedigree . ' ` And what did he ? ' for Kim had bitten off the conversation . ` Dost thou give news for love , or dost thou sell it ? ' Kim asked . ' I sell and -- I buy . ' Mahbub took a four-anna piece out of his belt and held it up . ` Eight ! ' said Kim , mechanically following the huckster instinct of the East . Mahbub laughed , and put away the coin . ` It is too easy to deal in that market , Friend of all the World . Tell me for love . Our lives lie in each other 's hand . ' ` Very good . I saw the Jang-i-Lat Sahib -LSB- the Commander-in-Chief -RSB- come to a big dinner .
I saw him in Creighton XXXXX 's office .
Colonel Kim Mahbub Sahib Umballa coin eyebrows garden-grass love water