Then he goes to see the boy at the madrissah , as we know for the boy was punished for it twice or thrice . He is quite mad , but a peaceful man . I have met him . The Babu also has had dealings with him . We have watched him for three years . Red Lamas are not so common in Hind that one loses track . ' ` Babus are very curious , ' said Lurgan meditatively . ` Do you know what Hurree Babu really wants ? He wants to be made a member of the Royal Society by taking ethnological notes . I tell you , I tell him about the lama everything which Mahbub and the boy have told me . Hurree Babu goes down to Benares -- at his own expense , I think . ' ' I do n't , ' said Creighton briefly . He had paid Hurree 's travelling expenses , out of a most lively curiosity to learn what the lama might be . ` And he applies to the lama for information on lamaism , and devil-dances , and spells and charms , several times in these few years . Holy Virgin ! I could have told him all that yeears ago . I think Hurree Babu is getting too old for the Road . He likes better to collect manners and customs information . Yes , he wants to be an FRS . ` Hurree thinks well of the boy , does n't he ? '
` Oh , very indeed -- we have had some pleasant evenings at my little place -- but I XXXXX it would be waste to throw him away with Hurree on the Ethnological side . '
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