You know in the back, at the conclusion of the book where it says it was written to satisfy the convulsions of man’s mind? Mine wasn’t working, let alone convulsing! Anyway, He let me off the hook. I could not get through that book then and I have never been able to.

The afternoon went on — that hour of Baba's went on for something like 6 hours. I think it was 10 o'clock at night before everybody left. Baba's vitality when you were with Him was so draining. I went back to the hotel and fell onto the bed without dinner. I didn't wake up until late the next morning to hear someone calling my name from downstairs, and there was Fred Winterfeldt. I knew Fred was coming, but there was some small problem with his passport and visa, so he couldn't come when I did. He had said to me, "It's too bad we can't go together." And I had replied, "Fred, I'm not waiting for anybody, this one's mine!" But when he came, we grabbed each other on the balcony of the hotel and went dancing around there. He was so happy for me that I met Baba!

Fred went to see Baba alone that afternoon. Baba had not asked me how I had got to India. He asked Fred. Fred told Him the whole story about Ginny and Liz giving up their chance by giving me the money. Fred told me later that Baba had tears in His eyes. Baba said, "Baba is touched by such love for Baba and for a friend." And then He said to Fred, "Fred, I love Ann very much." Fred came back to the hotel beaming. He planted his feet and he said, "Baba says He loves you very much." You can imagine what that did to me! The urge to turn cartwheels.

That afternoon, when there was the day's darshan, Fred and I went in a few minutes early to see Baba and Baba said to me, "Fred told me how you got here . . . all the help you had. All helped you because I helped you and I wanted you to come." Then He said that He had sent a cable to Ginny and Liz. He had Eruch give me a copy of it: "Baba says, because you have helped me come to Baba, you have made Baba come closer to you. Baba sends His love to you both." He signed my name to it. And He said, "Do you think they'll like it?" The thing was that I had tried that morning to word a cable to them, and it was beyond me. I didn't have words for it. So, Baba had done it for me.

That afternoon there were more people jammed into the hall and there were two of us sitting in there. Baba had chairs brought for us. Before, when I was sitting on the floor and He had seen that I was obviously uncomfortable, He had said, "You're not born to this; we are. There's no reason for you to be uncomfortable." So, He had chairs put up against the side wall, and Rano Gayley came out to sit with us. If Eruch were using another language, Marathi or Gujarati, she would translate Baba's gestures into English. At one time, Liz had told me that the only important thing to remember when you were with Baba was never take your eyes off Him. Don't be distracted by anyone else, she had cautioned, because that's the moment He'll turn and look at you, and you'll miss it. It had happened to her. So, I was sitting there looking at Baba's profile, and every once in a while — He's so quick! — He would whip around and look at me and ask, "Are you happy?" Over and over, "Are you happy?" Of course, I was ecstatic! I was just sitting there staring at Him and Rano would give me the elbow in the ribs, "Answer Him!"

On the second day, Fred and I were sitting against the wall, and in the middle of this darshan program, I heard Arnavaz Dadachanji from the back