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string phvn- men^n. The moment my eyes rested on your
figure I saw * brilliant Eime i>f light all aronntl your body.
It V.IB a jvirt- dazzling light. I \vastransfixeu ai the sight.
Tht li,tr:;t va? :br-r>' f*'*r a £r;v s*coinls ani it vanished, ai;«i
the:; I fh>re*i tht- r-'^m/"
Rdai.ia:i'*nifteii t<» :be house outside th* town. It con-
stete'l '•£ thr*y Sfli'ill r<;*oms and ai: v'tpeu verandah. The
b''i5- va^ siiu.uetl in tbe miu'ile of a ganifn «/f cocnanui
fulins. Kruakuiam is a saady place, being close to the
Arabia a s^a* the s»b»>res of which are st added ^*ith beauti-
fal 'Xiwmft t^pes. Theroain produce of thelandiscoeuanut
<»ut *.*£ which <>;! and other f*x*fl-stnffs are extracted aini
**xiwrtMi in large tj:jaiitities.
lu the evenings and mornings visitors used to come to
his r^trMt tu see and have talks with him. They would put
'nhn qi;t*£ti«ns >*m religious subjects and he would, dra\ving
njy»n his experiences, attempt to elucidate them. High
cials, vakils and prot'essors \voald also give
j<»y of their society. The neighbourhood in vhich
he lived was of Christians whose fowls and goats that
wandered around had free access to the house. He would
feed them with plantains and grains wMch he received as
presents from the visitors. The pregnant henB would lay
their eggs oa his bedding at day-time, believing that they
\vonld *&* safe there. They clearly exhibited an anxiety
to preserve arid protect them from their marauding
masters ^h<> would'deprive them of their offspring still
in the egg.
Bat the sons of these masters come to the house ic
search of eggs and vronid carry them off. One day a poor
hen missed her egg from the bedding of Ramdas on which
sbe hmd laid it Ramdas at the time vas sitting outside in
tke T«r»ndili. He was alone. The hen directly came to him
with qoettioniiig looks and crietl 4tKo-Ko-Ko"—meaning;
"Whmt bwame of my egg that I laid on your bed ?"
, wtel eta RaiBdjis do?*1 Ramdas replied. "The