Chandra Shekhar closely observed, from their hiding place, what occurred before their eyes. They saw Pratap and Shaibalini swimming away from the boat of the English and subsequently making their escape in a boat. As soon as they saw this, they followed Pratap and Shaibalini in their own boat. After a while they found that Shaibalini's boat was taken to the shore—thereupon, they too stopped and remained watching from a distance. Ramananda Swami was a man of unlimited wisdom—he asked Chandra Shekhar, "Could you make out what conversation took place between Pratap and Shaibalini while they were swimming away?"
"No," replied Chandra Shekhar.
"Then don't go to sleep to-night—keep an eye on them," said Ramananda Swami.
Both of them remained awake. In the latter part of the night, they found that Shaibalini alighted from her boat and disappeared in the forest on the river-shore. They waited till the small hours of the morning, but Shaibalini did not return. It was then that Ramananda Swami said to Chandra Shekhar,
"Don't you see, there is something very
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