Thou must not be of their sort . ' ` The Umballa priest said that my Star was War , ' Kim interjected . ' I will ask these fools -- but there is truly no need . I will run away this night , for all I wanted to see the new things . ' Kim put two or three questions in English to Father Victor , translating the replies to the lama . Then : ` He says , `` You take him from me and you can not say what you will make him . '' He says , `` Tell me before I go , for it is not a small thing to make a child . '' ' ` You will be sent to a school . Later on , we shall see . Kimball , I suppose you 'd like to be a soldier ? ' ` Gorah-log -LSB- white-folk -RSB- . No-ah ! No-ah ! ' Kim shook his head violently . There was nothing in his composition to which drill and routine appealed . ' I will not be a soldier . ' ` You will be what you 're told to be , ' said Bennett ; ` and you should be grateful that we 're going to help you . ' Kim smiled compassionately . If these men lay under the delusion that he would do anything that he did not fancy , so much the better . Another long silence followed .
XXXXX fidgeted with impatience , and suggested calling a sentry to evict the fakir .
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