The Man Who Would Be King

By: Kipling, Rudyard

"Brother to a Prince and fellow to a beggar if he be found worthy."The Law, as quoted, lays down a fair conduct of life, and one not easy to follow. I have been fellow to a beggar again and again under circumstances which prevented either of us finding out whether the other was worthy. I have still to be brother to a Prince, though I once came near to kinship with what might have been a veritable King and was promised the reversion of a Kingdom - army, law-courts, revenue and policy all complete. But, to-day, I greatly fear that my King is dead, and if I want a crown I must go and hunt it for myself.The beginning of everything was in a railway train upon the road to Mhow from Ajmir. There had been a deficit in the Budget, which necessitated travelling, not Second-class, which is only half as dear as First-class, but by Intermediate, which is very awful indeed. There are no cushions in the Intermediate class, and the population are either Intermediate, which is Eurasian, or native, which for a long night journey is nasty; or Loafer, which is amusing though intoxicated. Intermediates do not patronize refreshment-rooms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B086PNWVQM
• ISBN13: 9798629622208
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher