said the lama , hopefully as a child . Then to the company , indicating Kim : ` This one was sent to me but yesterday . He is not , I think , of this world . ' ` Beggars aplenty have I met , and holy men to boot , but never such a yogi nor such a disciple , ' said the woman . Her husband touched his forehead lightly with one finger and smiled . But the next time the lama would eat they took care to give him of their best . And at last -- tired , sleepy , and dusty -- they reached Umballa City Station . ` We abide here upon a law-suit , ' said the cultivator 's wife to Kim . ` We lodge with my man 's cousin 's younger brother . There is room also in the courtyard for thy yogi and for thee . Will -- will he give me a blessing ? ' ' O holy man ! A woman with a heart of gold gives us lodging for the night . It is a kindly land , this land of the South . See how we have been helped since the dawn ! ' The lama bowed his head in benediction . ` To fill my cousin 's younger brother 's house with wastrels -- ' the husband began , as he shouldered his heavy bamboo staff . ` Thy cousin 's younger brother owes my father 's cousin something yet on his daughter 's marriage-feast , ' said the woman crisply . ` Let him put their food to that account . The yogi will beg , I doubt not . '
` Ay , I beg for him , ' said XXXXX , anxious only to get the lama under shelter for the night , that he might seek Mahbub Ali 's Englishman and deliver himself of the white stallion 's pedigree .
Kim South Station bamboo cultivator lama law-suit marriage-feast night wastrels