A fat man ? ' said Kim , a twinkle in his eye . ` Very fat ; but I perceived in a little his mind was wholly given up to useless things -- such as devils and charms and the form and fashion of our tea-drinkings in the monasteries , and by what road we initiated the novices . A man abounding in questions ; but he was a friend of thine , chela . He told me that thou wast on the road to much honour as a scribe . And I see thou art a physician . ' ` Yes , that am I -- a scribe , when I am a Sahib , but it is set aside when I come as thy disciple . I have accomplished the years appointed for a Sahib . ' ` As it were a novice ? ' said the lama , nodding his head . ` Art thou freed from the schools ? I would not have thee unripe . ' ' I am all free . In due time I take service under the Government as a scribe -- ' ` Not as a warrior . That is well . ' ` But first I come to wander with thee . Therefore I am here . Who begs for thee , these days ? ' he went on quickly . The ice was thin .
` Very often I beg myself ; but , as thou knowest , I XXXXX seldom here , except when I come to look again at my disciple .
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