'I was meditating in that body, and did not hear. So thus the Search is ended. For the merit that I have acquired, the River of the Arrow is here. It broke forth at our feet, as I have said. I have found it. Son of my Soul, I have wrenched my Soul back from the Threshold of Freedom to free thee from all sin--as I am free, and sinless. Just is the Wheel! Certain is our deliverance. Come!' He crossed his hands on his lap and smiled, as a man may who has won Salvation for himself and his beloved. THE END * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Due to being unable to discern which spelling idiosyncracies Kipling would have preferred to keep as displaying dialect and which were typesetting errors, all were retained except the one listed below. This includes, for example, the two uses of "quiett" on page 118. Only the most obvious punctuation errors were repaired. This includes such things as a closing double-quotation mark in place of a single one, missing periods at the end of sentences, etc. Page 139, "Mahbud" changed to "Mahbub" to match rest of usage. (Umballa race-course, Mahbub Ali)