నాల్గవ ప్రకరణము.
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దానిని సమాజమువారికి పంపినమీఁదటనే నేనీ వివాహముచేసితిని. రామచంద్రయ్యగారు బెంగుళూరినుండి పంపిన నూఱురూపాయలును నెల కెనిమిదేసి చొప్పున నీవరునకీయఁబడినవి. పయి కష్టములు సంప్రాప్తమయిన తరువాత నేను వ్రాసిన యుత్తరమునకు లక్ష్మీనరసింహముగారు గుత్తినుండి 26-8-88 వ తేదిని నాకిట్లు బదులువ్రాసిరి.
"My dear friend,
Your tender and pathetic appeal to my conscience has almost put me out of my senses. I do not know what to do. Before I reply I ask our Heavenly Father to teach me and instruct me what I shall do in the matter. I am unable to solve the problem. I look up to Him for assistance and guidance. You know I have no interest. I should do what justice requires. But you have tied down my hands. I can only do what my colleagues advice me to do. Any split will leas to unnecessary unpleasantness. Can not you send for Seshayya and kothandaramayya and make any arrangement? Speak to them gently. Show your earnestness. If you then come to any arrangement, I shall gladly accept it, provided it does not touch the principal. as to the management or spending of the interest I leave it to you three. Consider the best arrangement and I shall gladly follow it. To your suggestion I have some remarks to offer.
You say "Make an earnest appeal to your conscience and see whether it tells you to be giving Rs. 3 or 4 every month to those who are not in need of it and who get Rs. 15 or so monthly or expects you to support only those that are really in need of help and to relieve, as far as possible, those wretched creatures whose lives would be made of continued misery if we don't lend our helping hand?"
