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I 'm vowed to poverty , of course , but I 'm a rover and go about a lot , and some day I may be able to put a good thing in your way , and I can tell ye one thing -- ye have a lucky face ! '' `` I 'm glad to hear it ; and now , before you depart , will you tell me something else ? How do you contrive to get so much liberty -- careering round the town with Tommies and coming to look me up ? It 's past seven o'clock -- and I understand your Roll Call is at six . '' `` That 's true , '' assented the _ pongye _ , `` but there are exceptions , and I 'm one of them , '' suddenly sliding off the bed and drawing himself up to his full height -- about six feet two . `` I do n't enjoy very good health being , as ye understand , no native of the country ; so I 'm allowed a certain margin and liberty . Well now , I 'll be takin ' leave of ye ; but before I go , I want you to accept something I brought you -- just a small trifle of a talisman . ''