A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 43
43 and his father, partly on account of her illness and partly because he thought that by this time he must have gained sufficient experience of life to make him turn his attention to worldly affairs, summoned him back to Quadian and entrusted to him the management of his estate. His purity and love for God, however, continued as bright and untarnished during this period of management as they had remained undimmed at Sialkot during the period of his service, and the cares of the family estate affected his pursuits as little as the duties of his office had interfered with them. He worked along the lines indicated by his father but his heart was always with God, and His worship and remembrance were his constant companions. This is well illustrated by the following incident. He was one day attending court in prosecution of a case and the time of afternoon prayers arrived before the case was called. Some friends told him that it was not safe to leave the court premises as his case might be called up at any time. Nevertheless, he went away and got engaged in prayer. The case was called up while he was thus engaged but he continued his prayers calmly and by the time he had finished his prayers, the hearing of the case had been concluded. Another and a similar incident which occurred in those days reveals the extent of his connection with God. He had gone to Lahore for prosecuting a suit in which valuable rights of his father were involved. He was staying with a friend. On the day when the case was decided he returned from court looking very pleased. His friend concluded that he had won the case, but on enquiry he found that he had lost it and his pleasure was due solely to