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Kim

CHAPTER 5
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We will look for that River like before I was caught.

I wish I did not come here to find the Red Bull and all that sort of thing.

I do not want it.' 'It's the very best day's work you ever did for yourself, young man,' said Bennett.
'Good heavens, I don't know how to console him,' said Father Victor, watching the lama intently.

'He can't take the boy away with him, and yet he's a good man--I'm sure he's a good man.

Bennett, if you give him that rupee he'll curse you root and branch!' They listened to each other's breathing--three--five full minutes.
Then the lama raised his head, and looked forth across them into space and emptiness.
'And I am a Follower of the Way,' he said bitterly.


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