` He says ' -- Kim put up one hand . ` He says : `` Be quiet . '' He wants to speak to me by himself . You see , you do not know one little word of what he says , and I think if you talk he will perhaps give you very bad curses . When he takes those beads like that , you see , he always wants to be quiet . ' The two Englishmen sat overwhelmed , but there was a look in Bennett 's eye that promised ill for Kim when he should be relaxed to the religious arm . ' A Sahib and the son of a Sahib -- ' The lama 's voice was harsh with pain . ` But no white man knows the land and the customs of the land as thou knowest . How comes it this is true ? ' ` What matter , Holy One ? -- but remember it is only for a night or two . Remember , I can change swiftly . It will all be as it was when I first spoke to thee under Zam-Zammah the great gun -- ' ` As a boy in the dress of white men -- when I first went to the Wonder House . And a second time thou wast a Hindu . What shall the third incarnation be ? ' He chuckled drearily . ` Ah , chela , thou has done a wrong to an old man because my heart went out to thee . ' ` And mine to thee . But how could I know that the Red Bull would bring me to this business ? ' The lama covered his face afresh , and nervously rattled the rosary .
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