`Thatiswellspoken。Iamnotmuchusedtoholymen，butrespectisalwaysgood。Thereisnorespectinthesedays-notevenwhenaCommissionerSahibcomestoseeme。ButwhyshouldonewhoseStarleadshimtowarfollowaholyman？’
`Butheisaholyman，’saidKimearnestly。`Intruth，andintalkandinact，holy。Heisnotliketheothers。Ihaveneverseensuchanone。Webenotfortune-tellers，orjugglers，orbeggars。’
`Thouartnot。ThatIcansee。ButIdonotknowthatother。
Hemarcheswell，though。’
Thefirstfreshnessofthedaycarriedthelamaforwardwithlong，easy，camel-likestrides。Hewasdeepinmeditation，mechanicallyclickinghisrosary。