Then begins the Sight . Two men -- thou sayest ? Ay , ay . The Sun , leaving the House of the Bull , enters that of the Twins . Hence the two men of the prophecy . Let us now consider . Fetch me a twig , little one . ' He knitted his brows , scratched , smoothed out , and scratched again in the dust mysterious signs -- to the wonder of all save the lama , who , with fine instinct , forbore to interfere . At the end of half an hour , he tossed the twig from him with a grunt . ` Hm ! Thus say the stars . Within three days come the two men to make all things ready . After them follows the Bull ; but the sign over against him is the sign of War and armed men . ' ` There was indeed a man of the Ludhiana Sikhs in the carriage from Lahore , ' said the cultivator 's wife hopefully . ` Tck ! Armed men -- many hundreds . What concern hast thou with war ? ' said the priest to Kim . ` Thine is a red and an angry sign of War to be loosed very soon . ' ` None -- none . '
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