![]() ![]() ![]() He starts trading jokes with these guards, and he notices that she is laughing from within her carriage.Kim decides to provoke the guards who are traveling with the lady so that he can catch her attention.This practice-called purdah-of keeping women mostly hidden became widespread as an upper-class custom among both Hindus and Muslims before and during the British colonization of India.) (This woman is riding in a covered carriage so that she cannot be seen by strangers.He spots a covered carriage, which is being used by a (probably elderly) woman to travel south to pay a visit.The afternoon starts getting late, and Kim begins scheming about how they'll spend the night.They walk along the Grand Trunk Road, and Kim takes in all of the Road's great diversity of people.A policeman at the side of the road tries to bully Kim into giving up his money for a made-up government toll, but Kim mocks him and he gives up. ![]() ![]() The son throws Kim some money before the two men leave.He is a member of a regiment, and he has come to his father to ask for money for a new horse and other helpful army stuff.The old soldier introduces Kim, "the Friend of the Stars" (4.4), to his son. ![]()
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