Let Them Come Now

On Saturday, 13 April 1912, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá spoke at Marjorie Morten's home in New York. Juliet Thompson recorded what followed:

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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 everyone—and yet the people had no pity.

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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 stairs—a procession! > > "Oh can't we shut the door?" I asked [one of the interpreters]. But the Master heard me. > > "Let them come now," He said gently. > > A mother with a baby stood near the door.

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The Master took the baby from her and tenderly pressed it to His heart. "Beautiful baby! Little chicken!" He said in His dear English; then explained that "little chicken" was the Turkish pet name for child.

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