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ordinary sadhus, and so to demand their addresses would
be an insult to them. So being Hindus these policemen
desisted and returned without the information "which
they had been asked to procure. At this the Station
officer's ire was roused, and he deputed two Muslim
policemen to carry out his orders. Hence their over-
hearing attitude.
The kind Patel presented Earadas with a long cloak of
thick cotton cloth, as a protection against cold.