34/77 He cast up like a strayed camel a week ago, vowing that he and thou had been blood-brothers together up Kulu-way, and feigning great anxiety for thy health. He was very thin and hungry, so I gave orders to have him stuffed too--him and his anxiety!' 'I would see him if he is here.' 'He eats five times a day, and lances boils for my hinds to save himself from an apoplexy. He is so full of anxiety for thy health that he sticks to the cook-house door and stays himself with scraps. We shall never get rid of him.' 'Send him here, mother'-- the twinkle returned to Kim's eye for a flash--'and I will try.' 'I'll send him, but to chase him off is an ill turn. |