m
M-vvn way he was watchful. Ramdas knew that to leave thv'
pLte with his knowledge was out of question. Ram was
bidding nim to decamp—but how?
Ram provided the opportunity one* day. The sun was
unusually hot. At midday, some of tiie elderly sannyasis
wonld have their forty winks. But this particular day
the heat of the sun laid prostrate huh the young and the
nlii. The outhouse, at about one in the afternoon, rescinded
with a variety «*£ snores' Swami Ramanand led the chorus.
Ramdas, %vho was all alive and active, taking the gourd
put in hand, slowly slipped ont of the compound 011 tiptoe.
He reached the r<iad making the least possible mdse—the
sannyasis never the wiser. Once on the road, lit* started «<n a
trot whici su»:m developed into a downright gallop I He ran
for a mile and then walked at a brisk pace.