My Mother — Page 144
144 Father was also saddened and affirmed, ‘I assure you her house is not yet ready; when it is ready I shall fetch her myself. ’ In January 1938 I had to go to England. Mother enquired whether I would be back by April. I told her I expected so. She felt reassured. I wrote to her from England that I expected to arrive back in Delhi on the evening of 1st April and intended to go to Qadian on the 14th. She could either come to Delhi or wait for me at Qadian. On 1st April the train arrived at Delhi more than an hour and a half late. I was told that was waiting outside the sta- tion in the car and I hurried out to her. Having greeted me she said, ‘Did you imagine I could wait for you in Qadian for all these days?’ While we were in Delhi, she suffered from high blood pres- sure, from which she had occasionally suffered before. She was treated for it and the pressure reverted to normal. Before leaving for Qadian, she saw the Promised Messiah in a dream. He was lying on a couch and appeared very cheerful, and that cheered her also. She submitted, ‘Sir, if you would permit me, I would massage your feet. ’ He graciously made room for her on the couch and she sat down and started massaging his feet. A thought passed through her mind that as he seemed very happy she might beg him to pray for her. While she revolved the matter in her mind he addressed someone on his right and pointing to her said, ‘Make her house spacious. ’ The dream brought her great joy. She realised its import and it made her happy. In Qadian she related her dream to Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih and added with a smile, ‘Sir, I was tempted to complain that there was little room left for spaciousness as one