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The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett - 1923

By A. T. Barker

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Letter No CXIII

Private. 

My dearest Friend, 

Please pardon me for troubling you with my own business—butthough I am forced by the Chohan to answer I really do not knowwhether I am within the limits of your code of politeness or outside of it. —I have a long letter to write to you upon somethingthat troubles me and I want you to advise me. I am in a mostdisagreeable p>osition placed as I am between the risk of betrayinga friend and—your code of honour (the friend is not yourself.) Ihope I may place an entire confidence in your personal friendshipand of course honour.

Honour ! What funny very funny notions you seem to haveabout that sacred thing ! Do not be frightened for indeedthewhole thing is more ludicrous than dangerous. Yet there isadanger in losing Mr. Hume.

To-morrow I will write more fully. Fern is a little ass butheis a clairvoyant and likewise a little hallucinated. But Mr. H.istoo severe upon him. The boy hopyes that if we are mythsorfrauds he will find us out. Well where is the harm in suchahallucination? Yet H. betrays his confidence and sends mealetter three yards long with advice how to get out of our difficul- ties 1 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. Well I 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 confidtence this once. However, I may be mistaken. Soon you will learn more. 

Yours affectionately, 
K. H