all of a sudden the field turned into a barren hilly tract and milis face turned into that of a lepcha girl and suddenly everything changed and he was with his college mates taking cold drinks from a calcutta stall at college street which again turned into a church and he was now alone stepping down a staircase into a dark pit and his legs skidded and he started falling in the fathomless pit and his sleep broke and he was relieved to realize it was just a horrible dream , but he was perspiring even in this cold weather .