` I 'm glad ye see a reason in it . But as I said , it 's the mixture o ' things that 's beyond me . An ' his prophesyin ' to our Colonel , sitting on my bed with his little shimmy torn open showing his white skin ; an ' the prophecy comin ' true ! They 'll cure all that nonsense at St Xavier 's , eh ? ' ` Sprinkle him with holy water , ' the Colonel laughed . ` On my word , I fancy I ought to sometimes . But I 'm hoping he 'll be brought up as a good Catholic . All that troubles me is what 'll happen if the old beggar-man -- ' ` Lama , lama , my dear sir ; and some of them are gentlemen in their own country . ' ` The lama , then , fails to pay next year . He 's a fine business head to plan on the spur of the moment , but he 's bound to die some day . An ' takin ' a heathen 's money to give a child a Christian education -- ' ` But he said explicitly what he wanted . As soon as he knew the boy was white he seems to have made his arrangements accordingly . I 'd give a month 's pay to hear how he explained it all at the Tirthankars ' Temple at Benares . Look here , Padre , I do n't pretend to know much about natives , but if he says he 'll pay , he 'll pay -- dead or alive . I mean , his heirs will assume the debt . My advice to you is , send the boy down to Lucknow . If your Anglican Chaplain thinks you 've stolen a march on him -- ' ` Bad luck to Bennett ! He was sent to the Front instead o ' me . Doughty certified me medically unfit . I 'll excommunicate Doughty if he comes back alive !
Surely XXXXX ought to be content with -- ' ` Glory , leaving you the religion .
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