Chapter 9
Lurgan Sahib's Jewel Game / Kim's Game, in which Kim resists hypnotism by reciting the multiplication table in English—a famous scene of cultural code-switching.
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From Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Kim's formal schooling at St. Xavier's in Lucknow and his apprenticeship under the jewel-merchant Lurgan Sahib train him in observation, memory, and disguise—the Jewel Game.
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