a little bottle from the lamp; put seven drops into Rama’s mouth.’
“‘Sir,’ I remonstrated, ‘he has been dead since yesterday noon. Of what use is the oil now?’
“‘Never mind; just do as I ask.’ Lahiri Mahasaya’s cheerful mood was incomprehensible; I was still in the unassuaged agony of bereavement. Pouring out a small amount of oil, I departed for Rama’s house.
“I found my friend’s body rigid in the death-clasp. Paying no attention to his ghastly condition,
a little bottle from the lamp; put seven drops into Rama’s mouth.’
“‘Sir,’ I remonstrated, ‘he has been dead since yesterday noon. Of what use is the oil now?’
“‘Never mind; just do as I ask.’ Lahiri Mahasaya’s cheerful mood was incomprehensible; I was still in the unassuaged agony of bereavement. Pouring out a small amount of oil, I departed for Rama’s house.
“I found my friend’s body rigid in the death-clasp. Paying no attention to his ghastly condition,
