We reach Freedom together . Then thou and I , upon the far bank of the River , will look back upon our lives as in the Hills we saw our days ' marches laid out behind us . Perhaps I was once a Sahib . ' ` Was never a Sahib like thee , I swear it . ' ' I am certain the Keeper of the Images in the Wonder House was in past life a very wise Abbot . But even his spectacles do not make my eyes see . There fall shadows when I would look steadily . No matter -- we know the tricks of the poor stupid carcass -- shadow changing to another shadow . I am bound by the illusion of Time and Space . How far came we today in the flesh ? ' ` Perhaps half a koss . ' -LRB- Three quarters of a mile , and it was a weary march . -RRB- ` Half a koss . Ha ! I went ten thousand thousand in the spirit . How , we are all lapped and swathed and swaddled in these senseless things . ' He looked at his thin blue-veined hand that found the beads so heavy . ` Chela , hast thou never a wish to leave me ? ' Kim thought of the oilskin packet and the books in the food-bag . If someone duly authorized would only take delivery of them the Great Game might play itself for aught he then cared .
He was tired and hot in his head , and a cough that XXXXX from the stomach worried him .
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