380 IN THE VISION OF GOD
and seated himself by the side of Bhavanishauker, in a bus,
which tore along the mountain path to Rawalpindi.
(iii) Association makes character
For the night they made a halt at. Domel in the travel*
lers' bungalow, and continued their journey next morning.
All the way Ramdas enjoyed the lavish splendour of en-
trancing landscapes the sound of the waterfalls and the
pure springs of crystalline water. Long before sunset they
reached Rawalpindi. Jewandas, the friend who had met
Ramdas on his journey to Jwalajee and had treated him
with such great kindness, was informed by wire of Ramdas1
coming. But he could not, in spite of his efforts, meet
Ramdas at the motor-stand. So taking leave oŁ Bhavani-
shankerrao, who was to start by the evening train for
Bombay, Ramdas made enquiries for the house of Jewandas,
whose address he knew, and presented himself at the door
of his small dwelling. Jewandas' wife, as soon as she saw
Ramdas, invited him with great joy to their house and,
making him sit on a cot, fell to pressing his legs. Soon
after this Jewandas arrived. The joy of the blessed pair
to have Ramdas with them knew no bounds. Their little
son also was greatly delighted.
Devout mothers of the neighbourhood poured in to see
him in large numbers morning and evening and Jewandas'
small house became crowded with visitors. In the evening
he would be taken by the friends to a garden, away from
the town precincts, where he would talk to them on
devotion and the greatness of God's Name. Once when ho
was on his way to the garden with a dozen friends, a passer-
by on the road, observing Ramdas clad in ochre-coloured
cloth and in the company of householders, struck a note of
warning:
' "Beware, don't teach them (referring to the friends)
world is an illusion or you will lead them astray,"
The cautious friend spoke as he walked off.