Many times hast thou begged for me , but that day I begged for thee . ' ` Good reason , ' quoth Kim . ' I was then a scholar in the Gates of Learning , and attired as a Sahib . Do not forget , Holy One , ' he went on playfully . ' I am still a Sahib -- by thy favour . ' ` True . And a Sahib in most high esteem . Come to my cell , chela . ' ` How is that known to thee ? ' The lama smiled . ` First by means of letters from the kindly priest whom we met in the camp of armed men ; but he is now gone to his own country , and I sent the money to his brother . ' Colonel Creighton , who had succeeded to the trusteeship when Father Victor went to England with the Mavericks , was hardly the Chaplain 's brother . ` But I do not well understand Sahibs ' letters . They must be interpreted to me . I chose a surer way . Many times when I returned from my Search to this Temple , which has always been a nest to me , there came one seeking Enlightenment -- a man from Leh -- that had been , he said , a Hindu , but wearied of all those Gods . ' The lama pointed to the Arhats . ' A fat man ? ' said Kim , a twinkle in his eye . ` Very fat ; but I perceived in a little his mind was wholly given up to useless things -- such as devils and charms and the form and fashion of our tea-drinkings in the monasteries , and by what road we initiated the novices .
A man abounding in questions ; but he was a friend of thine , XXXXX .
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