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Kim

CHAPTER 12
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So I come.

Do you mind ?' 'Babuji,' said Kim, looking up at the broad, grinning face, 'I am a Sahib.' 'My dear Mister O'Hara--' 'And I hope to play the Great Game.' 'You are subordinate to me departmentally at present.' 'Then why talk like an ape in a tree?
Men do not come after one from Simla and change their dress, for the sake of a few sweet words.

I am not a child.

Talk Hindi and let us get to the yolk of the egg.

Thou art here--speaking not one word of truth in ten.


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