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The Mahatma Letters To A. P. Sinnett-1924

By A. T. Barker

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Section 7 letter 113

LETTER No. CXIII

 

My dearest Friend,

 

Please pardon me for troubling you with my own business -- but though I am forced by the Chohan to answer I really do not know whether I am within the limits of your code of politeness or outside of it -- I have a long letter to write to you upon something that troubles me and I want you to advise me. I am in a most disagreeable position placed as I am between the risk of betraying a friend and -- your code of honour (the friend is not yourself.) I hope I may place an entire confidence in your personalfriendship and of course honour.

 

Honour! What funny very funny notions you seem to have about that sacred thing! Do not be frightened for indeed the whole thing is more ludicrous than dangerous. Yet there is a danger in losing Mr. Hume.

 

To-morrow I will write more fully. Fern is a little ass but he is a clairvoyant and likewise a little hallucinated. But Mr. H. is too severe upon him. The boy hopes that if we are myths or frauds he willfind us out. Well where is the harm in such a hallucination? Yet H. betrays his confidence and sends me a letter three yards long with advice how to get out of our difficulties He wants to be our benefactor and place us under an eternal obligation for saving M. from falling once more into Fern's trap. I would have sent you on his letter but it is superscribed "private and confidential" and I would be in his eyes no gentleman were he find out such a breach of confidence. WellI want you to read this letter at any rate and leave it at your option to be either sent or destroyed. If you do not want him to know you have read it -- well put a stamp on it and throw it into the letter-box. I do not think he will take you into his confidence this once. However, I may be mistaken. Soon you will learn more.

Yours affectionately,

K. H.