'We can investigate the details later--and I will give him a ru--' 'Give him time.

Maybe he's fond of the lad,' said Father Victor, half arresting the clergyman's motion.
The lama dragged forth his rosary and pulled his huge hat-brim over his eyes.
'What can he want now ?' 'He says'-- Kim put up one hand.

'He says: "Be quiet." He wants to speak to me by himself.

You see, you do not know one little word of what he says, and I think if you talk he will perhaps give you very bad curses.

When he takes those beads like that, you see, he always wants to be quiet.' The two Englishmen sat overwhelmed, but there was a look in Bennett's eye that promised ill for Kim when he should be relaxed to the religious arm.
'A Sahib and the son of a Sahib--' The lama's voice was harsh with pain.