Ram Dass
- Sara spends her time (when she has any free time) up in the attic looking out onto the roof and into the sky.
- She's watching the sun set one day when she sees a Lascar (an Indian man-servant) with a monkey climb out onto the roof.
- They smile at each other.
- The monkey suddenly breaks loose and runs over to Sara's roof, where it lands on her shoulder and scurries into her attic room.
- Sara volunteers to help—in Hindustani.
- The manservant is delighted and tells her that the monkey is disobedient. The manservant's name is Ram Dass, and he works for the man next door.
- Ram Dass comes over to Sara's attic, catches the monkey, and leaves.
- Sara is a little embarrassed about how bare and sad her room is, and she thinks about how Miss Minchin will make her stay at the school as a servant forever.
- The only thing she can do is be princess-like even when she's in rags, because it is that much more of a triumph (and a challenge).
- She is exceptionally polite to all the servants even when they're awful to her.
- The next day, she is in the classroom and she suddenly starts laughing.
- No, there's no joke: she's just thinking about how Miss Minchin would feel if she suddenly found out that Sara was actually a princess.
- When Miss Minchin demands to know why she's laughing, she tells the truth.
- Not a good move. Miss Minchin orders her out of the room.