Past all doubt it is He.' The crowd drew a long, quavering breath, staring alternately at the old man, still at attention, and ragged Kim against the purple twilight.
'Said I not--said I not he was from the other world ?' cried the lama proudly.

'He is the Friend of all the World.

He is the Friend of the Stars!' 'At least it does not concern us,' a man cried.

'O thou young soothsayer, if the gift abides with thee at all seasons, I have a red-spotted cow.

She may be sister to thy Bull for aught I know--' 'Or I care,' said Kim.