There remains one thing more . I did this charm in thy presence because need was great . I changed his shape and his soul . None the less , if , by any chance , O man from Jullundur , thou rememberest what thou hast seen , either among the elders sitting under the village tree , or in thine own house , or in company of thy priest when he blesses thy cattle , a murrain will come among the buffaloes , and a fire in thy thatch , and rats in the corn-bins , and the curse of our Gods upon thy fields that they may be barren before thy feet and after thy ploughshare . ' This was part of an old curse picked up from a fakir by the Taksali Gate in the days of Kim 's innocence . It lost nothing by repetition . ` Cease , Holy One ! In mercy , cease ! ' cried the Jat . ` Do not curse the household . I saw nothing ! I heard nothing ! I am thy cow ! ' and he made to grab at Kim 's bare foot beating rhythmically on the carriage floor . ` But since thou hast been permitted to aid me in the matter of a pinch of flour and a little opium and such trifles as I have honoured by using in my art , so will the Gods return a blessing , ' and he gave it at length , to the man 's immense relief . It was one that he had learned from Lurgan Sahib . The lama stared through his spectacles as he had not stared at the business of disguisement . ` Friend of the Stars , ' he said at last , ` thou hast acquired great wisdom . Beware that it do not give birth to pride . No man having the Law before his eyes speaks hastily of any matter which he has seen or encountered . '
` No -- no -- no , indeed , ' XXXXX the farmer , fearful lest the master should be minded to improve on the pupil .
Do am changed cried encountered give hast lost remains said