468 IN THE VISION OF GOD
With regard to the Horvieo rendered to the above-
mentioned patients, Ramdas heard from their own lips
their deeply grateful and loving wonte ofthunkfi to her and
praise of Krishna Bai's divine nature.
Another fact which cainiot go unnoticed itf that (Junda,
a great aud gcKlcSH devotee, true to Rawdai^ request*
remained in tlio ashram monily alone, all Lho time that
Ramdas was away from it. Tie now bocanw Ramdan1 whole
time attendant. After roituvuiug front the, tour Ramdas
scarcely loft the ashram for the town, and gradually the
nnmhor of visitors also dwindled away, until for the laisl
few months of his stay, he was singularly alone in the
ashram except for this loving and faithful friend.
Aboxit two months having UIUH panned, under peculiar
conditions which are not worth-while to narrate horo in
detail, as bid by Bam, Rawdafl wont on a tnonth'fl fast
and avow of silence. Of course, ho. WUH living on a moderate'
diet of milk. About this time he nlwo #ot an anonymous
letter threatening his life, if he did not abandon the
ashram at once. A fortnight after the beginning of the fant,
Vidyacharya, a friend from Hholapuv, came down to Bee
him. Vidyacharya was naturally dittappointod that he
could not freely discourse with Rarndafl, Also he WHS
much pained at the scanty diet on which Ramdafl wafl then
living. One night, itmi#bt liav<* boon between eight and nine
o'clock, Eamdas, Vidyacharya and (Junda were flitting on
the oxxter verandah with a lanterw burning in thoir mi<lst.
Vidyacharya and Gwula were deeply absorbed in Hinging
devotional songs. Suddenly, without any notice, Krishna
Bai made her appearance. Ramdafl flxclaimed: **Aftor all,
yoxi have come," and asked her if she (same alone. Mont
of the way from Bombay, where flho had gone from
Dharwar, she had travelled alone with a single cloth
and nothing besides.
Ramdas concluded by saying: "Mother, you have come
to your own homo. The ashram shall in future be your