Kim laughed . ` He is , I have no doubt , very tired and very hungry . The Hills make cold bedfellows . Hai , my ' -- it was on the tip of his tongue to say Mother , but he turned it to Sister -- ` thou art a wise and witty woman . By this time all the villages know what has befallen the Sahibs -- eh ? ' ` True . News was at Ziglaur by midnight , and by tomorrow should be at Kotgarh . The villages are both afraid and angry . ' ` No need . Tell the villages to feed the Sahibs and pass them on , in peace . We must get them quietly away from our valleys . To steal is one thing -- to kill another . The Babu will understand , and there will be no after-complaints . Be swift . I must tend my master when he wakes . ' ` So be it . After service -- thou hast said ? -- comes the reward . I am the Woman of Shamlegh , and I hold from the Rajah . I am no common bearer of babes .
XXXXX is thine : hoof and horn and hide , milk and butter .
Babu Hai Kim Kotgarh Mother Sahibs Shamlegh Sister after-complaints midnight