At Brooklands
The morning of the second day, a neighbour sent over her car asking if
'Abdu'l-Baha would not like to take his guests to the Brooklands aviation
ground. Though it was windy, an aviator was on the track, when he heard
who the visitor was offered to fly for him. 'Abdu'l-Baha left his friends
and walked out into the middle of the course, where he stood alone
watching the biplane making wide circles above him.
A Hindu who was learning to fly at the school joined 'Abdu'l-Baha's
friends and asked: Who is the man in Eastern dress?
When told, he exclaimed, Oh I know him very well through his teachings,
which I have studied, and immediately he went to meet 'Abdu'l-Baha.
They talked together for some time in Arabic, the young man showing great
joy at being in his presence. He afterwards said that for many years he
had longed for this moment.
While having tea out of doors, 'Abdu'l-Baha and the young Hindu, sitting
at the head of the long benches that has been arranged, talked merrily to
everyone.
'Abdu'l-Baha noticed two of the airmen who were wrestling on the grounds,
and when they stopped, he went to them clapping his hands and crying in
English, Bravo! Bravo! that is good exercise.
Since his return to Egypt, 'Abdu'l-Baha has sent a kind message of
remembrance to the people of Byfleet, saying that he will never forget
them.
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