There is the terrible night of January 4, 1988, when Shri Nathji suffers bouts of suffocation the night long, but does not awaken Priya Nath. Shri Nathji is so conscious of the strain that is being created on Priya Nath because of his health that he does not wish to disturb his sleep and suffers in silence, knowing that the suffocation was a very dangerous symptom in heart trouble.“Of what use my sleeping in the same room if you will not even awaken me?”