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guests had arrived, and more food should be served. In her anxiety, she requested that the. Promised Messiah, may kindly step inside for a moment; and she explained that only a small quantity of food had been prepared, for the few guests who had been present before. What are we to do now, she asked in consternation. But the Promised Messiah took the whole situation in perfect calm. "Do not worry. Bring to me the vessel containing the food prepared. " When this was done, he covered it with a handkerchief, and under it he thrust his fingers into the cooked rice, and then he went out saying "Serve the meal now. ". Mian Abdullah told me that this food was eaten by all present and a quantity was even left over (Seeratul Mehdi, rawayat, 144). 19. When I related to Hazrat Ammajan wha had been said by Mian Abdullah, she told me that incidents of this kind had transpired a number of times in the course of household duties. One of these incidents she related to me as follows: "On one occasion, I prepared a small quantity of pillao, just enough to 65