Five -- ten -- fifteen minutes passed , Father Victor talking energetically or asking questions which the Colonel answered . ` Now I 've told you everything that I know about the boy from beginnin to end ; and it 's a blessed relief to me . Did ye ever hear the like ? ' ` At any rate , the old man has sent the money . Gobind Sahai 's notes of hand are good from here to China , ' said the Colonel . ` The more one knows about natives the less can one say what they will or wo n't do . ' ` That 's consolin ' -- from the head of the Ethnological Survey . It 's this mixture of Red Bulls and Rivers of Healing -LRB- poor heathen , God help him ! -RRB- an ' notes of hand and Masonic certificates . Are you a Mason , by any chance ? ' ` By Jove , I am , now I come to think of it . That 's an additional reason , ' said the Colonel absently . ` I 'm glad ye see a reason in it . But as I said , it 's the mixture o ' things that 's beyond me . An ' his prophesyin ' to our Colonel , sitting on my bed with his little shimmy torn open showing his white skin ; an ' the prophecy comin ' true ! They 'll cure all that nonsense at St Xavier 's , eh ? ' ` Sprinkle him with holy water , ' the Colonel laughed . ` On my word , I fancy I ought to sometimes . But I 'm hoping he 'll be brought up as a good Catholic . All that troubles me is what 'll happen if the old beggar-man -- ' ` Lama , lama , my dear sir ; and some of them are gentlemen in their own country . '
` The XXXXX , then , fails to pay next year .
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