Snff ! '' ' ` Enough . I believe . I have seen Him thus in the smoke of battles . Seen and heard . It is He ! ' ' I saw no smoke ' -- Kim 's voice shifted to the rapt sing-song of the wayside fortune-teller . ' I saw this in darkness . First came a man to make things clear . Then came horsemen . Then came He standing in a ring of light . The rest followed as I have said . Old man , have I spoken truth ? ' ` It is He . Past all doubt it is He . ' The crowd drew a long , quavering breath , staring alternately at the old man , still at attention , and ragged Kim against the purple twilight . ` Said I not -- said I not he was from the other world ? ' cried the lama proudly . ` He is the Friend of all the World . He is the Friend of the Stars ! '
` At least it does not concern us , ' a man XXXXX . '
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