Violets from the Children
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When in Bahá'í history
Thonon-les-Bains (today: Thonon-les-Bains, France)
One day when the Master was out on a carriage ride near Thonon-les-Bains on Lake Geneva in France, the party stopped for simple refreshments at an old inn nestled between two mountains. Sitting on an open porch, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was soon spotted by children, who were selling bunches of violets and seemed to have eyes only for Him. They clustered around Him. Spontaneously He dug into His pocket and came out with some francs to satisfy His small salesfolk.
Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 100
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