There is the delightful moment when a new loudspeaker, cum amplifier and microphone system is bought in July. Priya Nath feels he ought to have done this years ago to save Shri Nathji from the strain of speaking loudly to visitors the whole day long.S.K.Khanna makes the cryptic remark: “The microphone will help prolong Shri Nathji’s life!” He is referring to the effortless sermons of Shri Nathji over the mike. Priya Nath does not like Sri Krishen Khanna saying this. He fears it might prove to be inauspicious. Sri Krishen had himself told him how he had always been a harbinger of bad luck wherever he had gone.