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Quotation from Kim by Rudyard Kipling
“He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher—the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum.”
Kim, Chapter I, opening sentence
The novel opens with Kim on the great cannon outside the Lahore Museum, just before he meets the lama.
Citation: "He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher—the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum." — Rudyard Kipling, Kim, Chapter I, opening sentence. (id kim-q1)
