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'One of us who had made pilgrimage to the Holy Places he is now Abbot of the Lung-Cho Monastery gave it me, stammered the lama. 'He spoke of these. His lean hand moved tremulously round. 'Welcome, then, O lama from Tibet. Here be the images, and I am here' he glanced at the lama's face 'to gather knowledge. Come to my office awhile. The old man was trembling with excitement.
'Here is the little door through which we bring wood before winter. And thou the English know of these things? He who is now Abbot of Lung-Cho told me, but I did not believe. The Lord the Excellent One He has honour here too? And His life is known? 'It is all carven upon the stones. Come and see, if thou art rested.
To this I said that my Search came before all things. She had heard many foolish legends, but this great truth of my River she had never heard. Such are the priests of the lower hills! She knew the Abbot of Lung-Cho, but she did not know of my River nor the tale of the Arrow. 'And?
I sent gifts and monies and gifts again to them, and they prophesied. 'Ah, drawled Kim, with infinite contempt, 'they prophesied! A professional could have done no better. 'And it was not till I remembered my own Gods that my prayers were heard. I chose an auspicious hour, and perhaps thy Holy One has heard of the Abbot of the Lung-Cho lamassery.
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