Mahendra calls ghost or streets a figment of the imagination what happened to him on a full moon night
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Mahendra does indeed call ghosts a figment of the imagination. That doesn't stop him from being scared of them, though. This is the result of all those scary ghost stories told to him by his servant Iswaran. Mahendra might be spooked by all these creepy tales, but Iswaran tells them in such an entertaining way that it makes up for not having a TV in his living quarters. But Mahendra soon regrets listening to Iswaran's ghost stories as they start to make him feel uneasy when he goes to bed each night. Previously, he'd always liked looking through the window at the milk-white landscape during a full moon. But after hearing Iswaran's tale about the female ghost, he stops doing it completely.
Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination because Iswaran informed him that they were living on a burial site and kept narrating to him stories of various ghosts he himself had encountered. On one full moon night, Mahendra was woken up from his sleep by a low moan close to his window. At first he thought that it was a cat prowling around for mice. But the sound was too deep and guttural for a cat. He resisted looking outside as he did not want to witness a sight that might stop his heartbeat. But the crying became louder and less subtle. He could not resist the temptation any more. Lowering himself to the level of the windowsill he looked out at the white sheet of moonlight outside. There, not too far away, was a dark cloudy form clutching a bundle. He broke into a cold sweat and fell back on the pillow, panting.