I kept silence for some time; and his hands unfolded, and he raised them and clasped them under his head, and drew a deep long breath, as if to taste the new life that was in him.
"Forgive my bringing you down to earth again," I said after a while, "but have you made all necessary arrangements?
Is there anything I can do, after you are gone?
Anything to be said to these good people, if they question me about your sudden departure ?" "Yes.

I was forgetting.

If you will be so kind, I wish you would see the expedition out, and take charge of the expenses.

There are some bags of rupees somewhere among my traps.

Narain knows.