Meant to have come over and called before this . I 'm Creighton . ' ` Of the Ethnological Survey ? ' said Father Victor . The Englishman nodded . ` Faith , I 'm glad to meet ye then ; an ' I owe you some thanks for bringing back the boy . ' ` No thanks to me , Padre . Besides , the boy was n't going away . You do n't know old Mahbub Ali . ' The horse-dealer sat impassive in the sunlight . ` You will when you have been in the station a month . He sells us all our crocks . That boy is rather a curiosity . Can you tell me anything about him ? ' ` Can I tell you ? ' puffed Father Victor . ` You 'll be the one man that could help me in my quandaries . Tell you ! Powers o ' Darkness , I 'm bursting to tell someone who knows something o ' the native ! ' A groom came round the corner .
Colonel XXXXX raised his voice , speaking in Urdu .
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