He played with my horses when he was a babe . Now I think they will make him a soldier . He has been newly caught by his father 's Regiment that went up to the war last week . But I do not think he wants to be a soldier . I take him for a ride . Tell me where thy barracks are and I will set thee there . ' ` Let me go . I can find the barracks alone . ' ` And if thou runnest away who will say it is not my fault ? ' ` He 'll run back to his dinner . Where has he to run to ? ' the Englishman asked . ` He was born in the land . He has friends . He goes where he chooses . He is a chabuk sawai -LSB- a sharp chap -RSB- . It needs only to change his clothing , and in a twinkling he would be a low-caste Hindu boy . ' ` The deuce he would ! ' The Englishman looked critically at the boy as Mahbub headed towards the barracks . Kim ground his teeth .
XXXXX was mocking him , as faithless Afghans will ; for he went on : ` They will send him to a school and put heavy boots on his feet and swaddle him in these clothes .
Englishman Hindu Kim Mahbub babe boy deuce fault sawai war