After the meeting He went up to rest in Mr Morten’s room
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After the meeting He went up to rest in Mr Morten’s room. He had seen a hundred and forty people that morning and was so worn out at the end of His talk that He looked almost ill. His fatigue was apparent to everyoneand yet the people had no pity. When I returned from an errand to the kitchen, literally hundreds were streaming toward His room; a dozen were in the room; in the hall were many peering faces, and climbing up the stairsa procession!
“Oh can’t we shut the door?” I asked Dr Faríd. But the Master heard me.
“Let them come now,” He said gently.
Source: Diary of Juliet Thompson, 13 April 1912
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