P. M. -- Please note boy is apple of eye , and rupees shall be sent per hoondi three hundred per annum . For God Almighty 's sake . '' Now , is that ravin ' lunacy or a business proposition ? I ask you , because I 'm fairly at my wits ' end . ' ` He says he will give me three hundred rupees a year ? So he will give me them . ' ` Oh , that 's the way you look at it , is it ? ' ` Of course . If he says so ! ' The priest whistled ; then he addressed Kim as an equal . ' I do n't believe it ; but we 'll see . You were goin ' off today to the Military Orphanage at Sanawar , where the Regiment would keep you till you were old enough to enlist . Ye 'd be brought up to the Church of England . Bennett arranged for that . On the other hand , if ye go to St Xavier 's ye 'll get a better education an -- an can have the religion . D'ye see my dilemma ? Kim saw nothing save a vision of the lama going south in a train with none to beg for him . ` Like most people , I 'm going to temporize . If your friend sends the money from Benares -- Powers of Darkness below , where 's a street-beggar to raise three hundred rupees ? -- ye 'll go down to Lucknow and I 'll pay your fare , because I ca n't touch the subscription-money if I intend , as I do , to make ye a Catholic .
If he does n't , ye 'll XXXXX to the Military Orphanage at the Regiment 's expense .
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