` And what did he ? ' for Kim had bitten off the conversation . ` Dost thou give news for love , or dost thou sell it ? ' Kim asked . ' I sell and -- I buy . ' Mahbub took a four-anna piece out of his belt and held it up . ` Eight ! ' said Kim , mechanically following the huckster instinct of the East . Mahbub laughed , and put away the coin . ` It is too easy to deal in that market , Friend of all the World . Tell me for love . Our lives lie in each other 's hand . ' ` Very good . I saw the Jang-i-Lat Sahib -LSB- the Commander-in-Chief -RSB- come to a big dinner . I saw him in Creighton Sahib 's office . I saw the two read the white stallion 's pedigree . I heard the very orders given for the opening of a great war . ' ` Hah ! ' Mahbub nodded with deepest eyes afire . ` The game is well played .
That XXXXX is done now , and the evil , we hope , nipped before the flower -- thanks to me -- and thee .
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