Some Hidden Pearls — Page 27
Batala. But when Promised Messiah heard of the incident he at once started for Batala after them, in such haste that it was with difficulty he put on his shoes, walking with swift and rapid strides. Some of his disciples and servants also walked with him, one among whom was Munshi Zafar Ahmad himself. Hazrat Ahmad walked so fast that he overtook them at a distance of about two or two and half miles from Qadian, at the Canal Bridge on the way. He requested them to retrace their steps to Qadian, saying that he had been greatly pained by what had happened, apologising profusely for the indifference which the Guest House attendants had shown towards them. “You ride in the yekka", he urged them, "and. I will walk alongside, on foot. " They at last agreed to return to Qadian, but they did not accept the latter part of Hazrat. Ahmad's request, that they ride in the yekka while he walked alongside on foot. Reaching the Guest House, he himself extended his hand for unloading their luggage, but his friends and attendants sprang forward 27