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The World hath set its heavy yoke / Upon the old white-bearded folk / Who strive to please the King. / God's mercy is upon the young, / God's wisdom in the baby tongue / That fears not anything. / The Parable of Chajju Bhagat.
Now Tods' Mamma was a singularly charming woman, and every one in Simla / knew Tods. Most men had saved him from death on occasions. He was beyond / his ayah's control altogether, and perilled his life daily to find out / what would happen if you pulled a Mountain Battery mule's tail. He was / an utterly fearless young Pagan, about six years old, and the only baby / who ever broke the holy calm of the supreme Legislative Council.