The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 5/Epistles - First Series/CXI Blessed and Beloved
CXI
Howrah,
29th August, 1901.
Blessed And Beloved,[1]
I am getting better, though still very weak. . . . The present disturbance
is simply nervous. Anyhow I am getting better every day.
I am so much beholden to mother[2] for her
kind proposal, only I am told by everybody in the Math that Nilambar Babu's
place and the whole of the village of Belur at that becomes very malarious
this month and the next. Then the rent is so extravagant. I would therefore
advise mother to take a little house in Calcutta if she decides to come. I
may in all probability go and live there, as it is not good for me to catch
malaria over and above the present prostration. I have not asked the opinion
of Saradananda or Brahmananda yet. Both are in Calcutta. Calcutta is
healthier these two months and very much less expensive.
After all, let her do as she is guided by the Lord. We can only suggest and
may be entirely wrong.
If she selects Nilambar's house for residence, do first arrange the rent
etc. beforehand. "Mother" knows best. That is all I know too.
With all love and blessings,
Ever yours in the Lord,
Vivekananda.
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