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Kim

CHAPTER 12
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I have learned all the wisdom of the Sahibs.' 'The Sahibs never grow old.

They dance and they play like children when they are grandfathers.

A strong-backed breed,' piped the voice inside the palanquin.
'I have, too, our drugs which loosen humours of the head in hot and angry men.

Sina well compounded when the moon stands in the proper House; yellow earths I have--arplan from China that makes a man renew his youth and astonish his household; saffron from Kashmir, and the best salep of Kabul.

Many people have died before--' 'That I surely believe,' said Kim.
'They knew the value of my drugs.


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