I am no banker , ' laughed Kim . ` Alas ! I am an old man . I did not know . ' Then , fingering his rosary , he half turned to the Museum . ` What is your caste ? Where is your house ? Have you come far ? ' Kim asked . ' I came by Kulu -- from beyond the Kailas -- but what know you ? From the Hills where ' -- he sighed -- ` the air and water are fresh and cool . ' ` Aha ! Khitai -LSB- a Chinaman -RSB- , ' said Abdullah proudly . Fook Shing had once chased him out of his shop for spitting at the joss above the boots . ` Pahari -LSB- a hillman -RSB- , ' said little Chota Lal . ` Aye , child -- a hillman from hills thou ` lt never see . Didst hear of Bhotiyal -LSB- Tibet -RSB- ? I am no Khitai , but a Bhotiya -LSB- Tibetan -RSB- , since you must know -- a lama -- or , say , a guru in your tongue . ' ' A guru from Tibet , ' said Kim . ' I have not seen such a man .
They be Hindus in XXXXX , then ? '
Aha Chinaman Didst Kailas Kulu Lal Pahari Shing Tibet lama