विलासची स्थिती अशी होती की एका दिवसाचा उशीरही त्याच्या जीवावर उठला असता. मी नव्याने टेस्ट द्यायला एकीकडे, दुसरीकडे तापाने क्षीण झालेला विलास अशी आमची अवस्था होती. मात्र हळूहळू चमत्कार घडायला सुरुवात झाली...

Vilas’s health had completely deteriorated. A day's delay would have proved fatal. Like a fragile thread being tugged on either end, Vilas and I were being tested by the difficulties of physical ailments and practical issues respectively. However, around the dark clouds of despair, a silver lining soon began to appear.