Some would even descend from their vehicles and feel the horses ' legs ; asking inane questions , or , through sheer ignorance of the vernacular , grossly insulting the imperturbable trader . ` When first I dealt with Sahibs , and that was when Colonel Soady Sahib was Governor of Fort Abazai and flooded the Commissioner 's camping-ground for spite , ' Mahbub confided to Kim as the boy filled his pipe under a tree , ' I did not know how greatly they were fools , and this made me wroth . As thus -- , ' and he told Kim a tale of an expression , misused in all innocence , that doubled Kim up with mirth . ` Now I see , however , ' -- he exhaled smoke slowly -- ` that it is with them as with all men -- in certain matters they are wise , and in others most foolish . Very foolish it is to use the wrong word to a stranger ; for though the heart may be clean of offence , how is the stranger to know that ? He is more like to search truth with a dagger . ' ` True . True talk , ' said Kim solemnly . ` Fools speak of a cat when a woman is brought to bed , for instance . I have heard them . ' ` Therefore , in one situate as thou art , it particularly behoves thee to remember this with both kinds of faces . Among Sahibs , never forgetting thou art a Sahib ; among the folk of Hind , always remembering thou art -- ' He paused , with a puzzled smile . ` What am I ? Mussalman , Hindu , Jain , or Buddhist ? That is a hard knot . ' ` Thou art beyond question an unbeliever , and therefore thou wilt be damned . So says my Law -- or I think it does . But thou art also my Little Friend of all the World , and I love thee . So says my heart . This matter of creeds is like horseflesh .
The wise man knows horses are good -- that there is a profit to be made from all ; and for myself -- but that I XXXXX a good Sunni and hate the men of Tirah -- I could believe the same of all the Faiths .
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