Kim shook his head resolutely . ` If I said how I would earn them , another man might hear and forestall me . It is not good to sell knowledge for nothing . ' ` Tell now . ' The Colonel held up a rupee . Kim 's hand half reached towards it , and dropped . ` Nay , Sahib ; nay . I know the price that will be paid for the answer , but I do not know why the question is asked . ' ` Take it for a gift , then , ' said Creighton , tossing it over . ` There is a good spirit in thee . Do not let it be blunted at St Xavier 's . There are many boys there who despise the black men . ' ` Their mothers were bazar-women , ' said Kim . He knew well there is no hatred like that of the half-caste for his brother-in-law . ` True ; but thou art a Sahib and the son of a Sahib . Therefore , do not at any time be led to contemn the black men . I have known boys newly entered into the service of the Government who feigned not to understand the talk or the customs of black men . Their pay was cut for ignorance . There is no sin so great as ignorance . Remember this . '
Several times in the course of the long twenty-four hours ' run south did the Colonel send for XXXXX , always developing this latter text .
Creighton Kim Nay Sahib Xavier half-caste pay question service son