A ticket -- a little tikkut to Umballa -- O Breaker of Hearts ! ' She laughed . ` Hast thou no charity ? ' ` Does the holy man come from the North ? ' ` From far and far in the North he comes , ' cried Kim . ` From among the hills . ' ` There is snow among the pine-trees in the North -- in the hills there is snow . My mother was from Kulu . Get thee a ticket . Ask him for a blessing . ' ` Ten thousand blessings , ' shrilled Kim . ' O Holy One , a woman has given us in charity so that I can come with thee -- a woman with a golden heart . I run for the tikkut . ' The girl looked up at the lama , who had mechanically followed Kim to the platform . He bowed his head that he might not see her , and muttered in Tibetan as she passed on with the crowd . ` Light come -- light go , ' said the cultivator 's wife viciously . ` She has acquired merit , ' returned the lama . ` Beyond doubt it was a nun . ' ` There be ten thousand such nuns in Amritzar alone . Return , old man , or the te-rain may depart without thee , ' cried the banker .
` Not only was it sufficient for the ticket , but for a little food also , ' said XXXXX , leaping to his place .
Amritzar Kim Kulu North Tibetan Umballa cultivator pine-trees te-rain tikkut