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Kim

CHAPTER 12
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We will go up into the Hills--the high hills--up to the sound of snow-waters and the sound of the trees--for a little while.

The hakim said that at any time we may return to the Plains, for we do no more than skirt the pleasant places.

The hakim is full of learning; but he is in no way proud.

I spoke to him--when thou wast talking to the Sahiba--of a certain dizziness that lays hold upon the back of my neck in the night, and he said it rose from excessive heat--to be cured by cool air.

Upon consideration, I marvelled that I had not thought of such a simple remedy.' 'Didst thou tell him of thy Search ?' said Kim, a little jealously.


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