You were goin ' off today to the Military Orphanage at Sanawar , where the Regiment would keep you till you were old enough to enlist . Ye 'd be brought up to the Church of England . Bennett arranged for that . On the other hand , if ye go to St Xavier 's ye 'll get a better education an -- an can have the religion . D'ye see my dilemma ? Kim saw nothing save a vision of the lama going south in a train with none to beg for him . ` Like most people , I 'm going to temporize . If your friend sends the money from Benares -- Powers of Darkness below , where 's a street-beggar to raise three hundred rupees ? -- ye 'll go down to Lucknow and I 'll pay your fare , because I ca n't touch the subscription-money if I intend , as I do , to make ye a Catholic . If he does n't , ye 'll go to the Military Orphanage at the Regiment 's expense . I 'll allow him three days ' grace , though I do n't believe it at all . Even then , if he fails in his payments later on ... but it 's beyond me . We can only walk one step at a time in this world , praise God ! An ' they sent Bennett to the Front an ' left me behind . Bennett ca n't expect everything . ' ` Oah yess , ' said Kim vaguely . The priest leaned forward . ` I 'd give a month 's pay to find what 's goin ' on inside that little round head of yours . ' ` There is nothing , ' said Kim , and scratched it . He was wondering whether Mahbub Ali would send him as much as a whole rupee .
Then he could pay the letter-writer and write letters to the lama at XXXXX .
Ali Benares Bennett Catholic D'ye England Lucknow Xavier days yess