But perhaps that will come . Certainly those down-country Brahmins are utterly useless . I sent gifts and monies and gifts again to them , and they prophesied . ' ` Ah , ' drawled Kim , with infinite contempt , ` they prophesied ! ' A professional could have done no better . ` And it was not till I remembered my own Gods that my prayers were heard . I chose an auspicious hour , and -- perhaps thy Holy One has heard of the Abbot of the Lung-Cho lamassery . It was to him I put the matter , and behold in the due time all came about as I desired . The Brahmin in the house of the father of my daughter 's son has since said that it was through his prayers -- which is a little error that I will explain to him when we reach our journey 's end . And so afterwards I go to Buddh Gaya , to make shraddha for the father of my children . ' ` Thither go we . ' ` Doubly auspicious , ' chirruped the old lady . ' A second son at least ! ' ' O Friend of all the World ! ' The lama had waked , and , simply as a child bewildered in a strange bed , called for Kim . ' I come ! I come , Holy One ! ' He dashed to the fire , where he found the lama already surrounded by dishes of food , the hillmen visibly adoring him and the Southerners looking sourly . ` Go back ! Withdraw ! '
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! Abbot Brahmins Gaya Kim hour lama lamassery second shraddha