It learnt to say Ba-ba and Ma-ma with a baby
accent. When Raicharan heard those familiar sounds the mystery suddenly
became clear. The little Master could not cast off the spell of his
Chan-na, and therefore he had been reborn in his own house.
The arguments in favour of this were, to Raicharan, altogether beyond
dispute:
(i.) The new baby was born soon after his little master's death.
(ii.) His wife could never have accumulated such merit as to give birth
to a son in middle age.
(iii.) The new baby walked with a toddle and called out Ba-ba and Ma-
ma. There was no sign lacking which marked out the future judge.
Then suddenly Raicharan remembered that terrible accusation of the
mother. "Ah," he said to himself with amazement, "the mother's heart was
right. She knew I had stolen her child." When once he had come to this
conclusion, he was filled with remorse for his past neglect. He now
gave himself over, body and soul, to the new baby, and became its
devoted attendant. He began to bring it up, as if it were the son of a
rich man.
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