It 's askin ' -- ' ` It 's not the least trouble indeed . You see , as an ethnologist , the thing 's very interesting to me . I 'd like to make a note of it for some Government work that I 'm doing . The transformation of a regimental badge like your Red Bull into a sort of fetish that the boy follows is very interesting . ' ` But I ca n't thank you enough . ' ` There 's one thing you can do . All we Ethnological men are as jealous as jackdaws of one another 's discoveries . They 're of no interest to anyone but ourselves , of course , but you know what book-collectors are like . Well , do n't say a word , directly or indirectly , about the Asiatic side of the boy 's character -- his adventures and his prophecy , and so on . I 'll worm them out of the boy later on and -- you see ? ' ' I do . Ye 'll make a wonderful account of it . Never a word will I say to anyone till I see it in print . ' ` Thank you . That goes straight to an ethnologist 's heart . Well , I must be getting back to my breakfast . Good Heavens ! Old Mahbub here still ? ' He raised his voice , and the horse-dealer came out from under the shadow of the tree , ` Well , what is it ? ' ` As regards that young horse , ' said Mahbub , ' I say that when a colt is born to be a polo-pony , closely following the ball without teaching -- when such a colt knows the game by divination -- then I say it is a great wrong to break that colt to a heavy cart , Sahib ! '
` So say I also , XXXXX .
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