I acquire merit in that I help thee , my chela , to wisdom . The priest of that body of men who serve the Red Bull wrote me that all should be as I desired for thee . I sent the money to suffice for one year , and then I came , as thou seest me , to watch for thee going up into the Gates of Learning . A day and a half have I waited , not because I was led by any affection towards thee -- that is no part of the Way -- but , as they said at the Tirthankars ' Temple , because , money having been paid for learning , it was right that I should oversee the end of the matter . They resolved my doubts most clearly . I had a fear that , perhaps , I came because I wished to see thee -- misguided by the Red Mist of affection . It is not so ... Moreover , I am troubled by a dream . ' ` But surely , Holy One , thou hast not forgotten the Road and all that befell on it . Surely it was a little to see me that thou didst come ? ' ` The horses are cold , and it is past their feeding-time , ' whined the driver . ` Go to Jehannum and abide there with thy reputationless aunt ! ' Kim snarled over his shoulder . ' I am all alone in this land ; I know not where I go nor what shall befall me . My heart was in that letter I sent thee . Except for Mahbub Ali , and he is a Pathan , I have no friend save thee , Holy One . Do not altogether go away . ' ' I have considered that also , ' the lama replied , in a shaking voice . ` It is manifest that from time to time I shall acquire merit if before that I have not found my River -- by assuring myself that thy feet are set on wisdom . What they will teach thee I do not know , but the priest wrote me that no son of a Sahib in all India will be better taught than thou . So from time to time , therefore , I will come again .
Maybe thou wilt be such a Sahib as he who gave me these spectacles ' -- the XXXXX wiped them elaborately -- ` in the Wonder House at Lahore .
Bull India Kim Red Sahib chela feeding-time lama right year