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So they went in, and found no one else in the room. Sri Ramakrishna was sitting alone on the wooden cot. Incense had been burnt, and all the doors were closed. As soon as he entered, M. saluted him with folded palms. When Sri Ramakrishna told them to sit, he and Sidhu sat on the floor. The Master asked, "Where is your home? What is your work? What brings you to Baranagore?" and so on. M. told him all about himself. But he noticed that every so often the Master's mind seemed to go elsewhere. Later he learned that this is called bhava. It was like a man who sits with rod in hand to catch fish: when a fish comes and nibbles the bait and the float bobs, he grips the rod, all alert, and gazes at the float with eyes and mind fixed on it, speaking to no one. The Master's state was just like that. Later M. heard, and saw for himself, that after dusk such a change of mood came over the Master, and sometimes he lost all outward consciousness.