I am not a woman wishing to overhear secrets . ' The Jat slid himself heavily into a far corner . ` Art thou anything of a healer ? I am ten leagues deep in calamity , ' cried the Mahratta , picking up the cue . ` This man is cut and bruised all over . I go about to cure him , ' Kim retorted . ` None interfered between thy babe and me . ' ' I am rebuked , ' said the Kamboh meekly . ' I am thy debtor for the life of my son . Thou art a miracle-worker -- I know it . ' ` Show me the cuts . ' Kim bent over the Mahratta 's neck , his heart nearly choking him ; for this was the Great Game with a vengeance . ` Now , tell thy tale swiftly , brother , while I say a charm . ' ' I come from the South , where my work lay . One of us they slew by the roadside . Hast thou heard ? ' Kim shook his head . He , of course , knew nothing of E 's predecessor , slain down South in the habit of an Arab trader . ` Having found a certain letter which I was sent to seek , I came away . I escaped from the city and ran to Mhow .
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