`` I also will follow . I am old , but not yet toothless . '' Mother Wolf reared herself up on end , and looked through the window into the dark of the hut . In a minute she dropped noiselessly , and all she said was : `` I gave thee thy first milk ; but Bagheera speaks truth : Man goes to Man at the last . '' `` Maybe , '' said Mowgli , with a very unpleasant look on his face ; `` but to-night I am very far from that trail . Wait here , but do not let her see . '' `` THOU wast never afraid of ME , Little Frog , '' said Mother Wolf , backing into the high grass , and blotting herself out , as she knew how . `` And now , '' said Mowgli cheerfully , as he swung into the hut again , `` they are all sitting round Buldeo , who is saying that which did not happen . When his talk is finished , they say they will assuredly come here with the Red -- with fire and burn you both . And then ? '' `` I have spoken to my man , '' said Messua . `` Khanhiwara is thirty miles from here , but at Khanhiwara we may find the English -- '' `` And what Pack are they ? '' said Mowgli . `` I do not know . They be white , and it is said that they govern all the land , and do not suffer people to burn or beat each other without witnesses . If we can get thither to-night , we live . Otherwise we die . '' `` Live , then . No man passes the gates to-night . But what does HE do ? ''
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