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LETTERS FROM

ABROAD

BOMBAY,
May 14, 1920.

The heat was tolerable and the journey fairly good though the train reached Bombay nearly three hours late.

I feel that we are not likely to be long in Europe. I am not in a mood to face the world and answer its questions.

One grows old, to discover that spontaneous simplicity of life is the true life-but where are the time and the opportunity to realise it? It requires a great deal of courage to demolish the walls that one has himself built with all his resources. This building and breaking down both are needed. The cocoon becomes a true prison, only when it persists beyond its time. I wonder if my soul has its wings developed---but it is pining for freedom.

Good bye—try to cultivate restfulness and have leisure to woo your true self and gain her for good.