Even though they had walked about fourteen miles, the boys were not tired. Reaching Happy Valley at about ten o'clock, they had a meal and Baba made the boys rest. The next day, Wednesday, 27 February 1929, Baba took a few boys sightseeing to Manjor Suba Hill and other spots, but he returned within fifteen minutes. Meanwhile, the mandali and the remaining boys had been divided into two groups — the Hindus led by Dhake and the Iranis by Baidul — and each group went to climb a nearby hill.
Baba was so upset not to find anyone at the dak bungalow when he returned that he lost his temper and beat two of the men without any apparent reason.
He began cursing those who were not present, "Why, when, and with whose permission have they gone? Were they unaware that I would require their presence at any time, particularly here, where I have come for enjoyment to relax and play cards?"
Baba was especially annoyed at Baidul. For half an hour he expressed anxiety about the missing groups. He tried playing a game of cards with Chanji but seemed uninterested.
"What are they trying to do — kill themselves?" he kept asking. "Idiots! Do they want to die?"
No one could follow what Baba meant. But when Baidul's and Dhake's groups returned, they reported that three of the boys, while hiking on the hill, had narrowly escaped falling into the valley below and being killed.
The next morning at six o'clock, Baba returned to Meherabad with the boys in a motor trolley. Buasaheb and Gustadji followed in the bullock cart, which the group had brought with them to haul their beddings and other necessities. On the way back, the cart overturned; Buasaheb was saved from harm, though Gustadji received minor injuries.
Minoo Pohowala and Nadir Dastur arrived at Meherabad at noon. Baba discussed some work with Nadir and Baily on 1 March. Nadir returned to Bombay the next day and Minoo on the 4th. Baily decided to make arrangements to stay in Ahmednagar.
On the evening of Saturday, 2 March 1929, during a discussion with Nusserwan, Dastur, and Vishnu about the current Indian political situation, Baba stated:
The British are the greatest benefactors for India — they sweep away all its kutchera [dirt; i.e., bad sanskaras]! Yet the Indians bawl out and curse them, because they do not understand this.