` Forty years ago that might have been said , and not without truth . Ay . thirty years ago . But it is the fault of this gadding up and down Hind that a king 's widow must jostle all the scum of the land , and be made a mock by beggars . ' ` Great Queen , ' said Kim promptly , for he heard her shaking with indignation , ' I am even what the Great Queen says I am ; but none the less is my master holy . He has not yet heard the Great Queen 's order that -- ' ` Order ? I order a Holy One -- a Teacher of the Law -- to come and speak to a woman ? Never ! ' ` Pity my stupidity . I thought it was given as an order -- ' ` It was not . It was a petition . Does this make all clear ? ' A silver coin clicked on the edge of the cart . Kim took it and salaamed profoundly . The old lady recognized that , as the eyes and the ears of the lama , he was to be propitiated . ' I am but the Holy One 's disciple . When he has eaten perhaps he will come . ' ` Oh , villain and shameless rogue ! ' The jewelled forefinger shook itself at him reprovingly ; but he could hear the old lady 's chuckle . ` Nay , what is it ? '
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