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Lurgan Sahib
Father Victor is the resident Catholic priest of the Mavericks, the former regiment of Kim’s father. Upon discovering Kim’s true identity, he and Reverend Arthur Bennett take Kim hostage with the intention of sending him to a military orphanage. Though well-intentioned and more sympathetic to Kim’s plight than Reverend Arthur Bennett—he at least takes the lama’s promise to pay for Kim’s schooling seriously—Father Victor is still an antagonistic and narrow-minded character. In Kim’s own words, Father Victor is the sort of person who believes that “once a sahib is always a sahib,” a naïve and over-simplified understanding of identity and its nuances.
Father Victor Quotes in Kim
The Kim quotes below are all either spoken by Father Victor or refer to Father Victor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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Oh, it is true. I knew it since my birth, but he could only find it out by rending the amulet from my neck and reading all the papers. He thinks that once a Sahib is always a Sahib, and between them they purpose to keep me in this Regiment or to send me to a madrissah [a school].
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Chapter 7
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‘My order is to take thee to the school.’ The driver used the ‘thou,’ which is rudeness when applied to a white man. In the clearest and most fluent vernacular Kim pointed out his error, climbed on to the box-seat, and perfect understanding established, drove for a couple of hours up and down, estimating, comparing, and enjoying.
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Father Victor Quotes in Kim
The Kim quotes below are all either spoken by Father Victor or refer to Father Victor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 5
Quotes
Oh, it is true. I knew it since my birth, but he could only find it out by rending the amulet from my neck and reading all the papers. He thinks that once a Sahib is always a Sahib, and between them they purpose to keep me in this Regiment or to send me to a madrissah [a school].
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Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 7
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‘My order is to take thee to the school.’ The driver used the ‘thou,’ which is rudeness when applied to a white man. In the clearest and most fluent vernacular Kim pointed out his error, climbed on to the box-seat, and perfect understanding established, drove for a couple of hours up and down, estimating, comparing, and enjoying.
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