Sir John Christie . In the afternoon the red-faced schoolmaster told Kim that he had been ` struck off the strength ' , which conveyed no meaning to him till he was ordered to go away and play . Then he ran to the bazar , and found the young letter-writer to whom he owed a stamp . ` Now I pay , ' said Kim royally , ` and now I need another letter to be written . ' ` Mahbub Ali is in Umballa , ' said the writer jauntily . He was , by virtue of his office , a bureau of general misinformation . ` This is not to Mahbub , but to a priest . Take thy pen and write quickly . To Teshoo Lama , the Holy One from Bhotiyal seeking for a River , who is now in the Temple of the Tirthankars at Benares . Take more ink ! In three days I am to go down to Nucklao to the school at Nucklao . The name of the school is Xavier . I do not know where that school is , but it is at Nucklao . ' ` But I know Nucklao , ' the writer interrupted . ' I know the school . ' ` Tell him where it is , and I give half an anna . ' The reed pen scratched busily . ` He can not mistake . ' The man lifted his head . ` Who watches us across the street ? '
XXXXX looked up hurriedly and saw Colonel Creighton in tennis-flannels .
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