How did Damu Anna react to Baba's discouraging reply, and what were the specific financial goals he had for the cotton trade?

Upon receiving Baba's reply, Damu Anna was deeply disappointed and crestfallen. According to Chapter 25, he felt the "fortress of his desires crumbled" and that he had kicked away a golden opportunity. His specific financial ambitions were quite grand; he lamented that he "would have earned one lakh now, and put half a lakh on interest." His ultimate goal was to "immediately become a millionaire money-lender and lived happily in Nagar." The reply from Baba completely shattered this mental kingdom he had built, leaving him to feel that writing the letter in the first place was a mistake that caused his own harm.