CHAPTER: 48 At Encinitas In California A surprise, sir! During your absence abroad we have had this Encinitas hermitage built it is a 'welcome-home' gift! Sister Gyanamata smilingly led me through a gate and up a tree-shaded walk. I saw a building jutting out like a great white ocean liner toward the blue brine. First speechlessly, then with Oh's! and Ah's! , finally with man's insufficient vocabulary of joy and gratitude, I examined the ashram-sixteen unusually large rooms, each one charmingly appointed. The stately central hall, with immense ceiling-high windows, looks out on a united altar of grass, ocean, sky-a symphony