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Rh seas in those days. Mohan's school friends gave him a big send-off party just before he left for Bombay to board the boat for England.

There were, however, a great many old-fashioned people who did not approve of Mohan going to England. They said it was against his caste and they tried to stop him from going. This did not weaken Mohan's decision, and one fine day he boarded a steamer from Bombay and sailed for England.

Mohan was on his own for the first time in his life and he was a little frightened and bewildered. He rarely came out of his cabin and even had all his meals there for he did not know the western way of eating at a table with a fork and knife. After some days he felt a little less shy and made friends with an Englishman who tried to persuade him to eat meat. But Mohan would not break his promise to his mother.

At last the voyage came to an end and Mohan reached London where he stayed with an English family. He was lost and confused in this enormous city, and the manners and customs of its people were strange to him.

In London, Mohan met a young Indian doctor and they soon became good friends. The doctor had been in England for some time and he was very smart and modern. He dressed in English clothes and Mohan tried to be like him. He started wearing English