Amal Kiran's Correspondence with The Mother

17 December 1939

Mother,

I dabbled in stocks and shares a little, but came a cropper. The speculation I carried on for a while has burnt quite a hole in my pocket. I really wish I hadn’t. Are you dead against speculation?

Amal,

You ought to know that I do not approve at all of speculation — but what is done is done.

All I can say is that there is not much likelihood of the war coming to an end with the end of this year.

My love and blessings

17 December 1939