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TheColonelSahibislookingatit。’
`Whatgoodisallthistome？’saidKimwearily。`Thouwiltgoaway，andtheywillreturnmetothoseemptyroomswherethereisnogoodplacetosleepandwheretheboysbeatme。’
`Idonotthinkthat。Havepatience，child。AllPathansarenotfaithless-exceptinhorseflesh。’
Five-ten-fifteenminutespassed，FatherVictortalkingenergeticallyoraskingquestionswhichtheColonelanswered。
`NowI’vetoldyoueverythingthatIknowabouttheboyfrombeginnin’
toend；andit’sablessedrelieftome。Didyeeverhearthelike？’
`Atanyrate，theoldmanhassentthemoney。GobindSahai’snotesofhandaregoodfromheretoChina，’saidtheColonel。`Themoreoneknowsaboutnativesthelesscanonesaywhattheywillorwon’tdo。’
`That’sconsolin’-fromtheheadoftheEthnologicalSurvey。It’sthismixtureofRedBullsandRiversofHealing(poorheathen，Godhelphim！)
an’notesofhandandMasoniccertificates。AreyouaMason，byanychance？’
`ByJove，Iam，nowIcometothinkofit。That’sanadditionalreason，’
saidtheColonelabsently。
`I’mgladyeseeareasoninit。ButasIsaid，it’sthemixtureo’
thingsthat’sbeyondme。An’hisprophesyin’toourColonel，sittingonmybedwithhislittleshimmytornopenshowinghiswhiteskin；an’theprophecycomin’true！They’llcureallthatnonsenseatStXavier’s，eh？’
`Sprinklehimwithholywater，’theColonellaughed。
`Onmyword，IfancyIoughttosometimes。ButI’mhopinghe’llbebroughtupasagoodCatholic。Allthattroublesmeiswhat’llhappeniftheoldbeggar-man-’
`Lama，lama，mydearsir；andsomeofthemaregentlemenintheirowncountry。’
`Thelama，then，failstopaynextyear。He’safinebusinessheadtoplanonthespurofthemoment，buthe’sboundtodiesomeday。An’takin’
aheathen’smoneytogiveachildaChristianeducation-’
`Buthesaidexplicitlywhathewanted。Assoonasheknewtheboywaswhiteheseemstohavemadehisarrangementsaccordingly。I’dgiveamonth’spaytohearhowheexplaineditallattheTirthankars’TempleatBenares。
Lookhere，Padre，Idon’tpretendtoknowmuchaboutnatives，butifhesayshe’llpay，he’llpay-deadoralive。Imean，hisheirswillassumethedebt。Myadvicetoyouis，sendtheboydowntoLucknow。IfyourAnglicanChaplainthinksyou’vestolenamarchonhim-’
`BadlucktoBennett！HewassenttotheFrontinsteado’me。Doughtycertifiedmemedicallyunfit。I’llexcommunicateDoughtyifhecomesbackalive！SurelyBennettoughttobecontentwith-’
`Glory，leavingyouthereligion。Quiteso！AsamatteroffactIdon’tthinkBennettwillmind。Puttheblameonme。I-er-stronglyreco
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