'I sleep lightly, as do all old men; but last night I slept unwaking till broad day.

Even now I am heavy.' 'Drink a draught of hot milk,' said Kim, who had carried not a few such remedies to opium-smokers of his acquaintance.

'It is time to take the Road again.' 'The long Road that overpasses all the rivers of Hind,' said the lama gaily.

'Let us go.

But how thinkest thou, chela, to recompense these people, and especially the priest, for their great kindness?
Truly they are but parast, but in other lives, maybe, they will receive enlightenment.