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154 not responding and in their opinion it would stop functioning in 30 to 40 minutes. I went to Mother and told her I was arranging to take her to Qadian. She was comforted and said fervently, ‘God bless you. ’ I added, ‘You will have to be taken to the railway station in an ambulance and to be carried into the saloon. This might put you to some trouble. ’ She rejoined, ‘Darling, you will see God will not put me to any trouble. ’ She then asked me to telephone to Bismillah Begum, -in-law, in Lahore, of whom she was very fond, to meet her at Amritsar next morning on the arrival of the train from Delhi. Then she asked my brother, Abdullah Khan, to telephone to someone in Kasur to go immediately by car to Daska and bring her box containing her sheets to Amritsar next morning. Having attended to everything that was in her mind she was ready to commit her soul to her Gracious Maker. She was installed in her bedroom in the saloon without any trouble. It was a matter for wonder that, contrary to the opinion of the physicians, the heart of the humble, faithful handmaiden of Allah was, by His grace, continuing to function though its action was becoming progressively more feeble. In addition to the members of the family and servants, Dr. Latif, Sh. Ijaz Ahmad and Ch. Bashir Ahmad, loved by her as her own sons, travelled to Qadian in the same train. My brother, Shukrullah Khan, and I stayed with Mother in her bedroom. She appeared to be sleeping peacefully, except for a slight occasional unconscious twitching. About 11:00 p. m. she urged us to go and