` And ? ' ` Patience a little . To this I said that my Search came before all things . She had heard many foolish legends , but this great truth of my River she had never heard . Such are the priests of the lower hills ! She knew the Abbot of Lung-Cho , but she did not know of my River -- nor the tale of the Arrow . ' ` And ? ' ' I spoke therefore of the Search , and of the Way , and of matters that were profitable ; she desiring only that I should accompany her and make prayer for a second son . ' ` Aha ! `` We women '' do not think of anything save children , ' said Kim sleepily . ` Now , since our roads run together for a while , I do not see that we in any way depart from our Search if so be we accompany her -- at least as far as -- I have forgotten the name of the city . ' ` Ohe ! ' said Kim , turning and speaking in a sharp whisper to one of the Ooryas a few yards away . ` Where is your master 's house ? ' ' A little behind Saharunpore , among the fruit gardens . ' He named the village . ` That was the place , ' said the lama . ` So far , at least , we can go with her . ' ` Flies go to carrion , ' said the Oorya , in an abstracted voice . ` For the sick cow a crow ; for the sick man a Brahmin . '
XXXXX breathed the proverb impersonally to the shadow-tops of the trees overhead .
Aha Kim Lung-Cho Ohe Oorya Ooryas Saharunpore carrion lama second