Kim pitched it at random . It fell short and crashed into fifty pieces , while the water dripped through the rough veranda boarding . ' I said it would break . ' ` All one . Look at it . Look at the largest piece . ' That lay with a sparkle of water in its curve , as it were a star on the floor . Kim looked intently . Lurgan Sahib laid one hand gently on the nape of his neck , stroked it twice or thrice , and whispered : ` Look ! It shall come to life again , piece by piece . First the big piece shall join itself to two others on the right and the left -- on the right and the left . Look ! ' To save his life , Kim could not have turned his head . The light touch held him as in a vice , and his blood tingled pleasantly through him . There was one large piece of the jar where there had been three , and above them the shadowy outline of the entire vessel . He could see the veranda through it , but it was thickening and darkening with each beat of his pulse . Yet the jar -- how slowly the thoughts came ! -- the jar had been smashed before his eyes . Another wave of prickling fire raced down his neck , as Lurgan Sahib moved his hand . ` Look !
It is coming into shape , ' XXXXX Lurgan Sahib .
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