I am an old man . I did not know . ' Then , fingering his rosary , he half turned to the Museum . ` What is your caste ? Where is your house ? Have you come far ? ' Kim asked . ' I came by Kulu -- from beyond the Kailas -- but what know you ? From the Hills where ' -- he sighed -- ` the air and water are fresh and cool . ' ` Aha ! Khitai -LSB- a Chinaman -RSB- , ' said Abdullah proudly . Fook Shing had once chased him out of his shop for spitting at the joss above the boots . ` Pahari -LSB- a hillman -RSB- , ' said little Chota Lal . ` Aye , child -- a hillman from hills thou ` lt never see . Didst hear of Bhotiyal -LSB- Tibet -RSB- ? I am no Khitai , but a Bhotiya -LSB- Tibetan -RSB- , since you must know -- a lama -- or , say , a guru in your tongue . ' ' A guru from Tibet , ' said Kim . ' I have not seen such a man . They be Hindus in Tibet , then ? ' ` We be followers of the Middle Way , living in peace in our lamasseries , and I go to see the Four Holy Places before I die .
Now do you , who are children , XXXXX as much as I do who am old . '
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