` He has lost his own country and has not acquired any other . But he has a most complete hatred of his conquerors . Listen . He confided to me last night , ' said the other . Under the striped umbrella Hurree Babu was straining ear and brain to follow the quick-poured French , and keeping both eyes on a kilta full of maps and documents -- an extra-large one with a double red oil-skin cover . He did not wish to steal anything . He only desired to know what to steal , and , incidentally , how to get away when he had stolen it . He thanked all the Gods of Hindustan , and Herbert Spencer , that there remained some valuables to steal . On the second day the road rose steeply to a grass spur above the forest ; and it was here , about sunset , that they came across an aged lama -- but they called him a bonze -- sitting cross-legged above a mysterious chart held down by stones , which he was explaining to a young man , evidently a neophyte , of singular , though unwashen , beauty . The striped umbrella had been sighted half a march away , and Kim had suggested a halt till it came up to them . ` Ha ! ' said Hurree Babu , resourceful as Puss-in-Boots . ` That is eminent local holy man . Probably subject of my royal master . ' ` What is he doing ? It is very curious . ' ` He is expounding holy picture -- all hand-worked . ' The two men stood bareheaded in the wash of the afternoon sunlight low across the gold-coloured grass . The sullen coolies , glad of the check , halted and slid down their loads . ` Look ! '
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