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Last Years of My Father 57 beholder. She alone knew how her heart suffered, but that was her holy secret, which she would not betray to anyone. God alone was her confidant and consolation and He sufficed her. A telegram was despatched to Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih at Dal - housie, conveying the intimation of the passing away of his Chief Secretary. We left Lahore with the sacred remains of that steadfast servant of Allah in the early hours of the morning and arrived at Qadian shortly after sunrise on Friday, September 3. Hazrat Khal - ifatul-Masih sent word that he was on his way and would himself lead the funeral service. There had been heavy rain and the roads were flooded. He and his party did not reach Qadian till after midnight. He led the funeral service at 9:00 a. m. on Saturday, September 4, and gave permission for burial in the plot reserved for notable companions of the Promised Messiah immediately to the west of the plot in which the Promised Messiah was buried. The moment the burial was completed a sudden shower of rain fell so that no water was needed for moulding the heap of earth into a mound above the grave. Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih himself wrote his memorial to be inscribed on the headstone of his tomb. It ran as follows: In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful. We praise Him and call down His blessings on His Noble Messenger and on His servant the Promised Messiah. Chaudhri Nasrullah Khan, Pleader of Sialkot, swore allegiance to the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, in 1904, at Sialkot during the latter’s visit there, though he had been sincerely inclined towards him for a long time. His wife had joined the Movement before him on the