"I will have to blind-fold you here. We live surrounded by danger, so we can't take a chance and reveal the where - abouts of our camp. I hope you will not mind," she said and quickly tied a piece of cloth across his eyes.

In a short time they reached the camp. Sundri was astonished to see the fires were lit and large pots were placed on them. Stopping one of the Singhs, who was busily doing the cooking, she asked, "Bhraji, what is all this?"

Singh: "Dear sister, this is maha prashad. When Sardar Sham Singhji saw that all rations were over he went hunting with Balwant SinghJi and managed to shoot some deer, and now we are cooking them. But where have you been all this time?"

Sundri laughed and said, "Virji, since you have been sitting idle for so long, I thought I'd find some work for you"

Singh: "And did you manage to find any?"

Sundri pointed towards the Khatri and said, "There it is."

Meanwhile Balwant Singh had come up and hearing Sundri’s words, he asked her to come to Sardar Sahib for advice. They took the Khatri along.

Sardar Sham Singh heard the whole story from Sundri. His eyes shone with pride and affection when he learnt of Sundri's efforts to sell off her ring for the sake of her brothers.

Smiling, he looked at Sundri and said, "You are truly an angel".

Then he turned to one of the Sikhs and told him to take the man to the kitchen, remove his blind - fold and give him food to eat.

He was worried in case this man was a spy, and had been sent to find tile location of their camp. So he instructed one man to stay with him all the time and keep an eye on him. A third Sikh was sent to the village, in disguise, to check out if the man’s story was correct and to find where his wife was being held captive.

Sundri was impatient to have the man’s wife rescued quickly. She remembered her own days in the Mughals lock-up and could imagine the suffering of the woman.

But hearing Sardar Sham Singh's words of caution, she realized how wise and far - sighted his thinking was. This was the reason that he was respected and accepted as their leader, not only by their group but the whole 'Panth'