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will now briefly relate what we ought to have said before. It is already known to our readers that the hermit, we have spoken of, was no other than Chandra Shekhar himself.

On the very day Amyatt had left Monghyr with Foster, Ramananda Swami came to know, in course of an inquiry, that Foster, Dalani Begum and others had all gone with Amyatt. He met Chandra Shekhar on the bank of the Ganges and informed him of it; he said,

"It is now absolutely useless for you to remain at Monghyr. I shall send Shaibalini to the sacred city of Benares, to undergo a penance there. You have taken a solemn vow to dedicate your life to the service of your fellow beings, and I will like you to practically enter into your great philanthropic career, to-day.