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Rh knew that Kaba Gandhi had a quick temper and Mohan expected him to get very angry. But when his father kept absolutely silent, Mohan saw that he had been forgiven. This peaceful and loving way of forgiving made a deep impression on him. It filled his boyish heart with remorse and great love. From his father's attitude Mohan learned his first lesson in Ahimsa—conquest through love.

As the days went by Kaba Gandhi became more and more ill, and after a time he could not leave his bed at all. Mohan was always near his father's bedside and became his loving and gentle nurse. He would hurry back from school to look after his father and in the evenings he would sit by his father's side massaging his tired and frail body until late in the night.

Late one night when he had finished massaging his father, his uncle persuaded him to get some rest. He had scarcely been in bed a few minutes when a servant knocked on the door. Mohan leaped up and asked what it was.

"Your father is no more.”

Mohan rushed to his father's room. He had died in his uncle's arms. Mohan couldn't forgive himself for not having been present.

Mohan had an old nurse who had looked after him ever since he was born. Her name was Rambha. Rambha loved Mohan as if he were her own child. She