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saying this was in excess of her account. The Brahman 
was surprised : he thought, ‘‘ If I can get a night’s shelter at the 
grocer’s place, who belongs to a clean caste, it would be better 
for me. I may not have the trouble of cooking after the 
fatigue of a day’s journey.’’ The grocer readily consented to 
the Brahman’s proposal, and taking him home ordered his cook 
to prepare sufficient quantity of puri for the Brahman. 
- ahman had not yet taken his meal when a young, 
all-shaven mendicant came and demanded from the grocer the 
daily allowance of bread for his preceptor. The grocer said, 
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would like to have hand-made bread as usual. The surprise of 
the Brahman was great: he went with the mendicant at the 
monastery to pass the night under the protection of so pious a 
preceptor. 
On his arrival at the monastery, the preceptor gave him a 
room and a key to the room, asking him to be very careful 
about his property. 
The Brahman heard a sound of distant music. On in- 
quiry he came to know that a theatrical party had come to the 
village and was about to give a performance. The Brahman’s 
suspicion was so completely lulled, that he locked his door, 
went to the place and enjoyed the performance to his fill. 
But when he returned next morning, lo! there was no 
monastery, no mendicants. It was a busy place of trade, goods 
coming and going. The place was full of account books, scales 
and gunny bags. He inquired about the monastery and the 
monks ; he was answered that there was no monastery and no 
monks. 
Then it dawned for the first time on his mind that his 
Delhi and sent no word for six months. She was therefore 
going to Delhi. The preceptor of the monastery hospitably 
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