The old lady chuckled . ` Do not be envious . Charms are better , eh ? I never gainsaid it . See that thy Holy One writes me a good amulet by the morning . ' ` None but the ignorant deny ' -- a thick , heavy voice boomed through the darkness , as a figure came to rest squatting -- ` None but the ignorant deny the value of charms . None but the ignorant deny the value of medicines . ' ' A rat found a piece of turmeric . Said he : `` I will open a grocer 's shop , '' ' Kim retorted . Battle was fairly joined now , and they heard the old lady stiffen to attention . ` The priest 's son knows the names of his nurse and three Gods . Says he : `` Hear me , or I will curse you by the three million Great Ones . '' ' Decidedly this invisible had an arrow or two in his quiver . He went on : ' I am but a teacher of the alphabet . I have learned all the wisdom of the Sahibs . ' ` The Sahibs never grow old . They dance and they play like children when they are grandfathers . A strong-backed breed , ' piped the voice inside the palanquin . ' I have , too , our drugs which loosen humours of the head in hot and angry men . Sina well compounded when the moon stands in the proper House ; yellow earths I have -- arplan from China that makes a man renew his youth and astonish his household ; saffron from Kashmir , and the best salep of Kabul .
Many people have died before -- ' ` That I surely believe , ' said XXXXX .
Gods Kabul Kashmir Kim Sahibs Sina drugs earths humours turmeric