There is one Turkestan turquoise , plain with black veins , and there are two inscribed -- one with a Name of God in gilt , and the other being cracked across , for it came out of an old ring , I can not read . We have now all five blue stones . Four flawed emeralds there are , but one is drilled in two places , and one is a little carven - ' ` Their weights ? ' said Lurgan Sahib impassively . ` Three -- five -- five -- and four ruttees as I judge it . There is one piece of old greenish pipe amber , and a cut topaz from Europe . There is one ruby of Burma , of two ruttees , without a flaw , and there is a balas-ruby , flawed , of two ruttees . There is a carved ivory from China representing a rat sucking an egg ; and there is last -- ah ha ! -- a ball of crystal as big as a bean set on a gold leaf . ' He clapped his hands at the close . ` He is thy master , ' said Lurgan Sahib , smiling . ` Huh ! He knew the names of the stones , ' said Kim , flushing . ` Try again ! With common things such as he and I both know . ' They heaped the tray again with odds and ends gathered from the shop , and even the kitchen , and every time the child won , till Kim marvelled . ` Bind my eyes -- let me feel once with my fingers , and even then I will leave thee opened-eyed behind , ' he challenged . Kim stamped with vexation when the lad made his boast good . ` If it were men -- or horses , ' he said , ' I could do better . This playing with tweezers and knives and scissors is too little . '
` Learn first -- teach later , ' said Lurgan XXXXX .
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