Eruch woke up the other mandali and everyone started packing. Eruch had more to do than the others, since he had to pack Baba's personal belongings such as his clothes, towel, soap, razor, et cetera, as well as his own. When he was in the middle of packing, Gustadji came over and started asking him questions — by making hand signs, since he was on silence. Eruch felt annoyed but answered as best (and briefly) as he could.
They found another hotel and checked in, but again Baba began complaining of noise and stated they should go somewhere else. "There will be noise in or around any hotel in the city," Eruch said. "If you want a quiet place we will have to go to the suburbs."
Baba agreed. "We'll have to go by train," Eruch pointed out, "and to go to the station we will have to hire a tonga or taxi. They will charge us a high price, as it is the middle of the night."
But Baba replied, "It does not matter; we'll go by train."
So once more, Eruch had to pack everything, and with the luggage they proceeded to the train station — some half asleep. They reached the suburb of Howrah and checked into a secluded hotel. Baba liked it and Eruch again started to unpack his things.
Dawn was just breaking when Gustadji approached Eruch and began making hand signs in front of his face. The day's — and night's — weary labor had shortened the fuse on Eruch's temper and he angrily exploded, "Am I supposed to unpack Baba's things or read your damn signs? My God, I am trapped between two dumb mutes!"
Baba had just entered the room and heard his remark.
He demanded, "Am I dumb?"
Pointing to Gustadji, Baba said, " He may be dumb, but I am not!"
Eruch apologized but lamented, "The whole night has passed unpacking and packing our things. It is good I have the strength to do it. But how in the hell am I supposed to understand Gustadji's signs in the dark? He has time to make signs only when I am preoccupied with something else. One person who does not talk is enough for me."
Referring to Gustadji, Eruch remarked, "I do not like having to attend to this other dumb mute!"
"Why do you repeat 'dumb mute'?" Baba asked. "He who can speak but does not is not dumb!"