My Mother — Page 125
Devotion and Sympathy 125 he exposed the misconduct of the police even more glaringly, so that the Deputy Inspector General reported that the findings of the Magistrate were more than fully justified. was delighted with the result of the case. Her heart was once again filled with profound gratitude to God for His great mercy. The Viceroy, on being informed through his Private Sec retary of the upshot, observed that I had been com- pletely vindicated. I had been married in the spring of 1926. Years passed and we were not blessed with offspring. My doctor, who had occasion to examine my wife from time to time for some passing ailment, began to say that she was not capable of bearing children. At one time he urged me to marry again. I put him off with, ‘One must not despair of the mercy of God. ’ Some time later he brought up the subject again, described the symptoms on which he based his opinion, and added, ‘I stake my professional reputation that it is not possible for your wife to bear a child. ’ In May 1936, saw in a dream that a servant brought her a tray containing five mangoes, five rupees, and a gold but- ton worn by women in the nose, and said these were a present from my father. She exclaimed, ‘This is the fruit that he had said he would bring in a tray when it was ripe. ’ Next morning she enquired from my wife whether there was any sign of her bearing a child. She said she had not perceived any. remarked, ‘You may say no, but God has informed me definitely that a child is expected, and I am sure that, of His grace, He will bring it about. ’ In fact, my wife had missed a period and her lady doctor had