{This and the following letter refer to one dictated by Mahatma M. to Olcott, then in Ceylon, for transmission to Hume. See Hints on Esoteric Theosophy, 2nd ed., p. 82-3.}
Received Simla, {October) 1881.
My dear young friend, I am sorry to differ from you in your last two points. If he can stand one sentence of rebuke he will stand for more than what you would have me alter. On tout ou rien — as my frenchified K. H. taught me to say. I have thought your suggestion No. 1 — good and have fully adopted it, hoping that you will not refuse some day to give me lessons of English. I had "Benjamin" stick a patch in the page, and made him forge my caligraphy while smoking a pipe on my back. Not having the right to follow K. H. I feel very lonely without my boy. Hoping to be excused for writing, and refusal, I trust you will not shrink from telling the truth, if need be, even in the face of the son of "a member of Parliament." You have too many eyes watching you to afford making mistakes now.
M⸫
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