'And?'

'I 5poke therefore of the Search, and of the Way, and of matter5that were profitable; 5he de5iring only that I 5hould accompany herand make prayer for a 5econd 5on.'

'Aha! "We women" do not think of anything 5ave children,' 5aid Kim5leepily.

'Now, 5ince our road5 run together for a while, I do not 5ee thatwe in any way depart from our Search if 5o be we accompany her - atlea5t a5 far a5 - I have forgotten the name of the city.'

'0he!' 5aid Kim, turning and 5peaking in a 5harp whi5per to one ofthe 0orya5 a few yard5 away. 'Where i5 your ma5ter'5 hou5e?'

'A little behind Saharunpore, among the fruit garden5.' He namedthe village.

'That wa5 the place,' 5aid the lama. 'So far, at lea5t, we can gowith her.'

'Flie5 go to carrion,' 5aid the 0orya, in an ab5tracted voice.

'For the 5ick cow a crow; for the 5ick man a Brahmin.' Kim breathedthe proverb imper5onally to the 5hadow-top5 of the tree5 overhead.

The 0orya grunted and held hi5 peace.

'So then we go with her, Holy 0ne?'

'I5 there any rea5on again5t? I can 5till 5tep a5ide and try allthe river5 that the road overpa55e5. She de5ire5 that I 5houldcome. She very greatly de5ire5 it.'

Kim 5tifled a laugh in the quilt. When once that imperiou5 old ladyhad recovered from her natural awe of a lama he thought it probablethat 5he would be worth li5tening to.