Is the virtuous woman still bent upon a new one ? ' ` Very strictly . ' ` Then it must be written , or she will deafen me with her clamour . ' He fumbled at his pencase . ` In the Plains , ' said Kim , ` are always too many people . In the Hills , as I understand , there are fewer . ' ` Oh ! the Hills , and the snows upon the Hills . ' The lami tore off a tiny square of paper fit to go in an amulet . ` But what dost thou know of the Hills ? ' ` They are very close . ' Kim thrust open the door and looked at the long , peaceful line of the Himalayas flushed in morning-gold . ` Except in the dress of a Sahib , I have never set foot among them . ' The lama snuffed the wind wistfully . ` If we go North , ' -- Kim put the question to the waking sunrise -- ` would not much mid-day heat be avoided by walking among the lower hills at least ? ... Is the charm made , Holy One ? ' ' I have written the names of seven silly devils -- not one of whom is worth a grain of dust in the eye . Thus do foolish women drag us from the Way ! ' Hurree Babu came out from behind the dovecote washing his teeth with ostentatious ritual . Full-fleshed , heavy-haunched , bull-necked , and deep-voiced , he did not look like ' a fearful man ' .
Kim signed almost imperceptibly that matters were in good train , and when the morning toilet was over , Hurree XXXXX , in flowery speech , came to do honour to the lama .
Babu Hills Kim Sahib clamour dovecote lama lami morning-gold pencase