And then, Savitri Nivas is silent again, the visitors are gone. Shri Nathji and Priya Nath are alone in the large house left empty by Mahamateshwari.
There is betrayal as the two young boys Shashi and Gajanan, whom Shri Nathji had cared for like a father, run away from the house. Their father had come to Mussoorie and helped them play truant.
This was just at the time when Shri Nathji had wished to purchase a printing press for them. Indeed the noble and gentle heart of Shri Nathji would never cease to be broken by the betrayals of the world.