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andthatnothingmightbelacking，russia-leatherslippers，smellingdivinely，witharrogantlycurledtips。
`UponaWednesday，andinthemorning，toputonnewclothesisauspicious，’
saidMahbubsolemnly。`Butwemustnotforgetthewickedfolkintheworld。
So！’
Hecappedallthesplendour，thatwastakingKim’sdelightedbreathaway，withamother-of-pearl，nickel-plated，self-extracting。450revolver。
`Ihadthoughtofasmallerbore，butreflectedthatthistakesGovernmentbullets。Amancanalwayscomebythose-especiallyacrosstheBorder。
Standupandletmelook。’HeclappedKimontheshoulder。`Mayyouneverbetired，Pathan！Oh，theheartstobebroken！Oh，theeyesundertheeyelashes，lookingsideways！’
Kimturnedabout，pointedhistoes，stretched，andfeltmechanicallyforthemoustachethatwasjustbeginning。ThenhestoopedtowardsMahbub’sfeettomakeproperacknowledgmentwithfluttering，quick-pattinghands；
hishearttoofullforwords。Mahbubforestalledandembracedhim。
`Myson’saidhe，`whatneedofwordsbetweenus？Butisnotthelittlegunadelight？Allsixcartridgescomeoutatonetwist。Itisborneinthebosomnexttheskin，which，asitwere，keepsitogled。Neverputitelsewhere，andpleaseGod，thoushaltsomedaykillamanwithit。’
`Haimai！’saidKimruefully。`IfaSahibkillsamanheishangedinthejail。’
`True：butonepacebeyondtheBorder，menarewiser。Putitaway；butfillitfirst。Ofwhatuseisagununfed？’
`WhenIgobacktothemadrissahImustreturnit。Theydonotallowlittleguns。Thouwiltkeepitforme？’
`Son，Iamweariedofthatmadrissah，wheretheytakethebestyearsofamantoteachhimwhathecanonlylearnupontheRoad。ThefollyoftheSahibshasneithertopnorbottom。Nomatter。Maybethywrittenreportshallsavetheefurtherbondage；andGodHeknowsweneedmenmoreandmoreintheGame。’
Theymarched，jaw-boundagainstblowingsand，acrossthesaltdeserttoJodhpur，whereMahbubandhishandsomenephewHabibUllahdidmuchtrading；
andthensorrowfully，inEuropeanclothes，whichhewasfastoutgrowing，Kimwentsecond-classtoStXavier’s。Threeweekslater，ColonelCreighton，pricingTibetanghost-daggersatLurgan’sshop，facedMahbubAliopenlymutinous。LurganSahiboperatedassupportinreserve。
`Theponyismade-finished-mouthedandpaced，Sahib！Fromnowon，daybyday，hewilllosehismannersifheiskeptattricks。Dropthereinonhisbackandletgo，’saidthehorse-dealer。`Weneedhim。’
`Butheissoyoung，Mahbub-notmorethansixteen-ishe？’
`WhenIwasfifteen，Ihadshotmymanandbegotmyman，Sahib。’
`Youimpenitentoldheathen！’CreightonturnedtoLurgan。TheblackbeardnoddedassenttothewisdomoftheAfghan’sdyedscarlet。
`Ishouldhaveusedhimlongago，’saidLurgan。`Theyoungerthebetter。
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