Other wild looking children who also dressed in animal skins with shocks of very long hair spied timidly on the strangers who had brought with them some strange smell. The children skulked into the cave tunnels like foxes. The whole camp was so quiet that it was difficult to believe there were so many people around. The freedom fighters had ways of lighting fires without smoke.
The deliberations on independence preparations went on until late at night. Power sharing formulas were agreed upon with a number of cabinet posts and senior government jobs reserved for the freedom fighter generals. All freedom fighters countrywide were to be integrated into the new government forces.
After the conclusion of the deliberations with a vote of thanks and prayers to the mountain gods, the guests were
