The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 9/Letters - Fifth Series/CCXX Mother
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To Mrs. Ole Bull
[THE MATH, P.O. BELUR, DIST. HOWRAH,
March (?) 1902]
DEAR MOTHER,[6]*
I am glad Chinnu has arrived. Any hour you like will suit [me] for your coming tomorrow. But it is ferocious heat here from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
I would, therefore, suggest that you start after breakfast and remain the day here and have some Bengalee fish lunch, and go back in the evening.
I insist on your taking a cab here and back. A cab to come and go costs
quite as much or less than a boat, and there is no change [of
transportation]. If the cabby does not understand Belur, tell him to go to a
place two miles south of Bally. He must know Bally, and then let him ask his
way to the Math.
One such drenching and capsizing experience as Mr. Okakura [Kakuzo] had the
other day will unsettle your nerves for days; and we expect such rough
weather every evening this month. The land route is nearer, easier, and
cheaper from where you are. I have also instructed your servant, the bearer
of the letter.
Ever your Son,
VIVEKANANDA.