` He shall indeed . If our neighbour 's brat can in a few years be made an F A ' -LRB- First Arts -- she used the English word , of which she had heard so often -RRB- , ` how much more shall children clever as some that I know bear away prizes at rich Calcutta . ' ` Never , ' said the voice , ` have I seen such a child ! Born in an auspicious hour , and -- but for that colic which , alas ! turning into black cholers , may carry him off like a pigeon -- destined to many years , he is enviable . ' ` Hai mai ! ' said the old lady . ` To praise children is inauspicious , or I could listen to this talk . But the back of the house is unguarded , and even in this soft air men think themselves to be men , and women we know ... The child 's father is away too , and I must be chowkedar -LSB- watchman -RSB- in my old age . Up ! Up ! Take up the palanquin . Let the hakim and the young priest settle between them whether charms or medicine most avail . Ho ! worthless people , fetch tobacco for the guests , and -- round the homestead go I ! ' The palanquin reeled off , followed by straggling torches and a horde of dogs . Twenty villages knew the Sahiba -- her failings , her tongue , and her large charity . Twenty villages cheated her after immemorial custom , but no man would have stolen or robbed within her jurisdiction for any gift under heaven . None the less , she made great parade of her formal inspections , the riot of which could be heard half-way to Mussoorie . Kim relaxed , as one augur must when he meets another .
The hakim , still squatting , slid over his hookah with a friendly foot , and XXXXX pulled at the good weed .
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