significant in Shaibalini's sudden disappearance? She must have gone away with some motive—let us follow her."
Both of them then followed Shaibalini, very cautiously. After dusk, Ramananda Swami found that the sky was overcast with clouds, and he enquired of Chandra Shekhar,
"How much strength do you possess in your arms?"
Chandra Shekhar smiled, and taking up a large block of stone, in one of his hands, threw it off to a good distance.
At this Ramananda Swami said, "That's all right—you now go and take your seat somewhere near Shaibalini, under a cover—if Shaibalini do not get help during the approaching storm, we shall have to see a woman dying before our eyes. There is a cave not far off from this place—I know the way which leads to it—you shall have to follow me there, with Shaibalini on your arms, when I shall ask you to do so."
Chandra Shekhar. An impenetrable darkness will soon envelop this place. How shall I see the way?
Ramananda Swami. I shall be very close
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