Then , perceiving myself alone in this great and terrible world , I bethought me of the te-rain to Benares , where I knew one abode in the Tirthankars ' Temple who was a Seeker , even as I. ' ` Ah ! Thy River , ' said Kim . ' I had forgotten the River . ' ` So soon , my chela ? I have never forgotten it . But when I had left thee it seemed better that I should go to the Temple and take counsel , for , look you , India is very large , and it may be that wise men before us , some two or three , have left a record of the place of our River . There is debate in the Temple of the Tirthankars on this matter ; some saying one thing , and some another . They are courteous folk . ' ` So be it ; but what dost thou do now ? ' ' 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 ! '
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