He sat long-legged on the little beast , with the big sword at his side -- hand dropped on the pommel -- staring fiercely over the flat lands towards the North . ` Tell me again how He showed in thy vision . Come up and sit behind me . The beast will carry two . ' ' I am this Holy One 's disciple , ' said Kim , as they cleared the village-gate . The villagers seemed almost sorry to be rid of them , but the priest 's farewell was cold and distant . He had wasted some opium on a man who carried no money . ` That is well spoken . I am not much used to holy men , but respect is always good . There is no respect in these days -- not even when a Commissioner Sahib comes to see me . But why should one whose Star leads him to war follow a holy man ? ' ` But he is a holy man , ' said Kim earnestly . ` In truth , and in talk and in act , holy . He is not like the others . I have never seen such an one . We be not fortune-tellers , or jugglers , or beggars . ' ` Thou art not . That I can see . But I do not know that other . He marches well , though . '
The first freshness of the day XXXXX the lama forward with long , easy , camel-like strides .
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