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We are all up a tree, I tell you. The shots ceased. There was a sound of stumbling feet, and Kim hurried upward through the gloom, swearing like a cat or a country-bred. 'Did they wound thee, chela? called the lama above him. 'No. And thou? He dived into a clump of stunted firs. 'Unhurt. Come away. We go with these folk to Shamlegh-under-the-Snow.
I am at Shamlegh-under-the-Snow. The old man is sick. 'Take this to him. It will altogether shut his mouth. He cannot have gone far. 'Indeed no. They are still in the forest across the spur. Our children went to watch them when the light came, and have cried the news as they moved. Kim looked his astonishment; but from the edge of the sheep-pasture floated a shrill, kite-like trill.
Here the lama coughed and sat up, groping for the rosary. 'There shall be no killing, he murmured. 'Just is the Wheel! Evil on evil 'Nay, Holy One. We are all here. The Ao-chung man timidly patted his feet. 'Except by thy order, no one shall be slain. Rest awhile. We will make a little camp here, and later, as the moon rises, we go to Shamlegh-under-the-Snow.
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