Maybe it will give him strength . Make a charm ! Call on thy great God . Thou art a priest . ' She turned away . The lama had squatted limply , still holding by the door-post . One can not strike down an old man that he recovers again like a boy in the night . Weakness bowed him to the earth , but his eyes that hung on Kim were alive and imploring . ` It is all well , ' said Kim . ` It is the thin air that weakens thee . In a little while we go ! It is the mountain-sickness . I too am a little sick at stomach , ' -- and he knelt and comforted with such poor words as came first to his lips . Then the woman returned , more erect than ever . ` Thy Gods useless , heh ? Try mine . I am the Woman of Shamlegh . ' She hailed hoarsely , and there came out of a cow-pen her two husbands and three others with a dooli , the rude native litter of the Hills , that they use for carrying the sick and for visits of state . ` These cattle ' -- she did not condescend to look at them -- ` are thine for so long as thou shalt need . ' ` But we will not go Simla-way .
We will not go near the Sahibs , ' cried the XXXXX husband .
Hills Kim Shamlegh Simla-way dooli first heh lama mountain-sickness night