The reader must have already understood that the two women who went to the Babaji living atop the terrifying mound in the middle of the Phalgu River, before the Ramshila, were Madhavi and her companion Tilottama. The Babaji had promised them that he would answer their request the next day, so on the following night, at midnight, both women returned to him. As soon as they knocked, Babaji opened the door from inside and invited them to sit by his side.

Babaji: "Tell me, Madhavi, are you well?"

Madhavi: "How could I be well? I only regret my own actions!"

Babaji: "Even now, if you restrain yourself, I promise I will speak to Raja Virendra Singh and have your kingdom restored to you."

Madhavi: "Ah, I have no desire to beg for alms anymore. Now, as far as I am able, I will only find peace by destroying my enemies—even if it costs me my life, I care not!"

Babaji: "If that is your resolve, then you should seek revenge against your own minister, Agnidatt. The sons of Virendra Singh have done you no harm!"

Madhavi: "What you say is true, but I will do only what I have resolved. I cannot change my intention in any way, and in this, you must help me in every possible manner."

Babaji: "Very well, I will help you as best I can. But tell me, apart from me, do you have any other allies at this time?"

Madhavi: "Until yesterday, I had no allies, but today, several of my supporters have arrived, and now my work will surely be accomplished—there is no doubt of it."

Babaji: "Who are these supporters who have arrived?"

Madhavi: My brother Bhimsen!

Baba: Bhimsen, the son of Shivdutt?

Madhavi: Yes, indeed.

Baba: Then your task will surely be accomplished.

Madhavi: Even so, you must help me.

Baba: I will certainly help you. Whatever you ask, I am ready to do!

Madhavi: Tomorrow, Bhimsen will attempt to enter the house where Kishori resides. He has sworn to kill his sister Kishori at the first opportunity. If tomorrow he manages to get inside that house, he will surely kill Kishori. Then I will have nothing left to worry about, nor will I need your help. But if he cannot enter that house, then you must devise some way, by any means, to make Kishori leave that house.

Baba: Most likely, you won't even need my help.

Madhavi: Do not say that! If there were a place to fasten a rope on that house, it would be no trouble at all; by now I would have accomplished my task myself.

Baba: Yes, I know that your father spent great skill and artistry in constructing that house. Still, Bhimsen must have thought of some way to get inside.

Madhavi: Yes, let us see what happens tomorrow.

Baba: Very well, be sure to meet me the day after tomorrow. If your task is done, all is well; if not, on the fourth day I will accomplish it for you with ease.

Saying, "Very well," Madhavi rose and, taking her companion Tilottama with her, returned to her own camp.

After Madhavi had left, Babaji sat for a while in thought. Then he stepped outside the hut and clapped his hands loudly two or three times. Suddenly, from behind the trees, four or five men emerged and approached Babaji. One of them stepped forward and asked, "Well, what news?"

Babaji said, "Today, I have no need of you all. Go wherever you wish, but tomorrow, as night falls, you must all gather here without fail!"

One: Why, is everything all right? I'm not leaving without hearing what's going on!

Baba: Very well, then listen to what will happen tomorrow and what we shall do.

Taking them all inside the hut, Babaji closed the door, and they began to discuss matters in secret.

Now, let us return to the house where Kishori and Kinnari have their quarters, or where Kamla has taken Indrajit Singh.

Hearing Kishori's cries, Kinnari, sword in hand, hurriedly descended the stairs. In her haste, she forgot that Kamla had knocked on the door and ought to be let in; instead, she began searching for Kishori here and there. However, it did not take her long to find her—after circling the verandah and the rooms a few times, she returned, opened the main door, and allowed Kamla inside the house.

The delay in opening the door made Kamla suspect that something was amiss within. As soon as she entered, she asked, "Well, what has happened?" To this, the flustered Kinnari could only reply, "Kishori had gone down to open the door, but after crying out, she vanished—where, I cannot tell!"

Kamla made no reply to this. First, she went up to the roof to help Kunwar Indrajit Singh climb up with the rope. When he and Tarasingh had ascended, she brought them both down into the courtyard and, briefly recounting Kishori's disappearance as Kinnari had, began searching for her here and there.

All these events transpired in but a short time, and despite the encroaching darkness, Kamla managed to search all the lower rooms for Kishori in a matter of moments, with the anxious and bewildered Indrajit Singh following her everywhere.

While searching, Kamla reached the room whose back wall adjoined the ruins. Suddenly, she noticed a shaft of moonlight. Entering within, she immediately realized that someone had broken through the wall from the side of the ruins and entered the house, causing this calamity. Through this gaping breach, the four of them exited into the ruins and there beheld a strange spectacle!