For the lama , constrained by his Rule , took not the faintest notice of her . ` And his disciple is like him ? ' ` Nay , mother , ' said Kim most promptly . ` Not when the woman is well-looking and above all charitable to the hungry . ' ' A beggar 's answer , ' said the Sikh , laughing . ` Thou hast brought it on thyself , sister ! ' Kim 's hands were crooked in supplication . ` And whither goest thou ? ' said the woman , handing him the half of a cake from a greasy package . ` Even to Benares . ' ` Jugglers belike ? ' the young soldier suggested . ` Have ye any tricks to pass the time ? Why does not that yellow man answer ? ' ` Because , ' said Kim stoutly , ` he is holy , and thinks upon matters hidden from thee . ' ` That may be well . We of the Ludhiana Sikhs ' -- he rolled it out sonorously -- ` do not trouble our heads with doctrine . We fight . ' ` My sister 's brother 's son is naik -LSB- corporal -RSB- in that regiment , ' said the Sikh craftsman quietly . ` There are also some Dogra companies there . '
The soldier glared , for a XXXXX is of other caste than a Sikh , and the banker tittered .
Benares Dogra Jugglers Kim Sikh Sikhs goest lama supplication thyself