There is no need to tell more than is necessary at any one time.

Besides, I did not then need money for sweetmeats.' 'Allah kerim!' said Mahbub Ah.

'Wilt thou some day sell my head for a few sweetmeats if the fit takes thee ?' Kim will remember till he dies that long, lazy journey from Umballa, through Kalka and the Pinjore Gardens near by, up to Simla.

A sudden spate in the Gugger River swept down one horse (the most valuable, be sure), and nearly drowned Kim among the dancing boulders.

Farther up the road the horses were stampeded by a Government elephant, and being in high condition of grass food, it cost a day and a half to get them together again.