23/42 In time we come to Umballa.' 'But my River--the River of my healing ?' 'And then, if it please thee, we will go hunting for that River on foot. So that we miss nothing--not even a little rivulet in a field-side.' 'But thou hast a Search of thine own ?' The lama--very pleased that he remembered so well--sat bolt upright. The boy was entirely happy to be out chewing pan and seeing new people in the great good-tempered world. A Red Bull on a green field, was it not ?' 'Nay, it will carry me nowhere,' said Kim. 'It is but a tale I told thee.' 'What is this ?' The cultivator's wife leaned forward, her bracelets clinking on her arm. |