` Oah ! I do not know . Let him go , perhaps . Why did he want to poison you ? ' ` Because he is so fond of me . Suppose you were fond of someone , and you saw someone come , and the man you were fond of was more pleased with him than he was with you , what would you do ? ' Kim thought . Lurgan repeated the sentence slowly in the vernacular . ' I should not poison that man , ' said Kim reflectively , ` but I should beat that boy -- if that boy was fond of my man . But first , I would ask that boy if it were true . ' ` Ah ! He thinks everyone must be fond of me . ' ` Then I think he is a fool . ' ` Hearest thou ? ' said Lurgan Sahib to the shaking shoulders . ` The Sahib 's son thinks thou art a little fool . Come out , and next time thy heart is troubled , do not try white arsenic quite so openly . Surely the Devil Dasim was lord of our table-cloth that day ! It might have made me ill , child , and then a stranger would have guarded the jewels . Come ! '
The child , heavy-eyed with much weeping , crept out from behind the bale and flung himself passionately at Lurgan Sahib 's feet , with an extravagance of remorse that impressed even XXXXX . '
Dasim Kim Lurgan Oah Sahib day first someone stranger table-cloth