How we cite our quotes: (Chapter. Paragraph)
Quote #4
'Was there ever such a disciple as I?' he cried merrily to the lama. 'All earth would have picked thy bones within ten mile of Lahore city if I had not guarded thee.'
'I consider in my own mind whether thou art a spirit, sometimes, or sometimes an evil imp,' said the lama, smiling slowly.
'I am thy chela.' Kim dropped into step at his side—that indescribable gait of the long-distance tramp all the world over. (4.23-5)
Kim's loyalty to the lama increasingly seems to be absolute—he loves the guy almost like a father. But while Kim may be emotionally loyal to the lama, he does not follow any of the lama's moral or religious codes. It's really a weird pairing when you think about it, since the lama also seems to realize that Kim isn't following him as a Buddhist. But the lama enjoys Kim's company and likes traveling with him, so Kim's ambiguous morality doesn't appear to be a huge deal for this otherwise devoted religious man.
Quote #5
Here was deadly insult on deadlier injury—and the Sahib to whom he had so craftily given that war-waking letter heard it all. Kim beheld Mahbub Ali frying in flame for his treachery, but for himself he saw one long grey vista of barracks, schools, and barracks again. He gazed imploringly at the clear-cut face in which there was no glimmer of recognition; but even at this extremity it never occurred to him to throw himself on the white man's mercy or to denounce the Afghan. And Mahbub stared deliberately at the Englishman, who stared as deliberately at Kim, quivering and tongue-tied.
'My horse is well trained,' said the dealer. 'Others would have kicked, Sahib.' (6.109-10)
This whole exchange is a little creepy: Mahbub Ali has raised Kim's hopes of rescue from School by arriving at the regiment and carrying Kim away on horseback. But actually, Mahbub Ali has no intention of keeping Kim away from school. Mahbub Ali knows that he is going to confuse and hurt Kim by not rescuing him, and, even worse in Kim's mind, by spilling all of Kim's secrets to this unknown Englishman.
In fact, Mahbub wants to hurt Kim, because he is testing Kim's loyalty in front of Creighton to prove that the kid can hide his emotions when he needs to. And it works—Kim doesn't say anything, and Mahbub Ali shows that his "horse" (Kim) is "well trained." This spy stuff is pretty sadistic.
Quote #6
They were sons of subordinate officials in the Railway, Telegraph, and Canal Services; of warrant-officers, sometimes retired and sometimes acting as commanders-in-chief to a feudatory Rajah's army; of captains of the Indian Marine Government pensioners, planters, Presidency shopkeepers, and missionaries. A few were cadets of the old Eurasian houses that have taken strong root in Dhurrumtollah—Pereiras, De Souzas, and D'Silvas. Their parents could well have educated them in England, but they loved the school that had served their own youth, and generation followed sallow-hued generation at St Xavier's. (7.76)
This loyalty among European-Indian families to St. Xavier's School when they "could well have educated [their sons] in England" shows an emerging Anglo-Indian class system in British India. These boys belong to a group of Europeans born and raised in India, whose parents have also been born and raised in India, who remain attached to India and its institutions rather thanto Europe.
We can't help but wonder if there is some wishful thinking on Kipling's part here, since his own experience of being sent away from India to be educated in England was so horrible. (Check out "In a Nutshell" to find out more about Kipling's hateful school story.)