That is to be well thought of . Perhaps if he were very clever , he might live out the day -- but not the night . By no means the night . ' ` Then what is the Babu 's pay if so much is put upon his head ? ' ` Eighty -- perhaps a hundred -- perhaps a hundred and fifty rupees ; but the pay is the least part of the work . From time to time , God causes men to be born -- and thou art one of them -- who have a lust to go abroad at the risk of their lives and discover news -- today it may be of far-off things , tomorrow of some hidden mountain , and the next day of some near-by men who have done a foolishness against the State . These souls are very few ; and of these few , not more than ten are of the best . Among these ten I count the Babu , and that is curious . How great , therefore , and desirable must be a business that brazens the heart of a Bengali ! ' ` True . But the days go slowly for me . I am yet a boy , and it is only within two months I learned to write Angrezi . Even now I can not read it well . And there are yet years and years and long years before I can be even a chain-man . ' ` Have patience , Friend of all the World ' -- Kim started at the title . ` Would I had a few of the years that so irk thee . I have proved thee in several small ways . This will not be forgotten when I make my report to the Colonel Sahib . ' Then , changing suddenly into English with a deep laugh : ` By Jove ! O'Hara , I think there is a great deal in you ; but you must not become proud and you must not talk .
You must go back to Lucknow and be a good little boy and mind your book , as the XXXXX say , and perhaps , next holidays if you care , you can come back to me ! '
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