Hearing this, Baba replied, "I did not know that. This is the first I've heard about it."
He called Baidul and asked, "Are you feeling disgusted?"
Baidul denied it.
Baba remarked, "At least there is one man here who is not disgusted."
Then he added, without explaining further, "All right, in a day or two I will set things straight. I will go into hiding and you will never be able to find me. I will get myself imprisoned for seven years."
Pointing to Mastan, Baba remarked, "My heart is full of joy when I see Mastan. I forget my own suffering when I see him. He is a king! He has neither lust nor mind, nor is maya an influence on him. How beautiful is his state."
Turning to the men, he added, "Your disgust is the result of all the chaos and confusion in your minds, and when I try to uproot it, you say you feel fed up."
After a long tirade, Baba came to know that only Baily was disgusted, and he reprimanded him for wrongly including the others.
The same afternoon at three o'clock, Baidul and Mehrabanpur left for Persia with six of the boys from the Meher Ashram, and the following day Sohrab Hansotia and his son Dara went to Bombay and Nasik respectively. In Baidul's absence, Chanji and Raosaheb were ordered to sleep by Baba's Jhopdi.
Once when Raosaheb was on nightwatch, he heard a tremendous thunderous noise, like a squall, coming from inside the Jhopdi. After half an hour, Baba clapped and called him inside. Baba's face was bright red, his hair in disarray and he was perspiring profusely. He told Raosaheb to massage his legs. After ten minutes Raosaheb was told to leave. In the morning Raosaheb asked Baba about the incident. Baba revealed that one of his lovers was on a steamer that was about to sink. The lover had called on Baba to save them, and Baba said he had to respond to his cry for help and prevent the boat from sinking.
Daily discussions about where to travel were being held in the Jhopdi. Aga Ali of course wanted to accompany them, but Baba would not allow it. Lately a change had been observed in Ali's behavior. He had begun disobeying Baba and openly flouting his orders, yet Baba would still embrace him and speak lovingly to him.
On Monday, 6 May 1929, Aga Ali again broke one of Baba's orders, but Baba excused him.
Afterward Baba remarked to the mandali, "What times we live in! A Sadguru succumbing to a boy!"
The next day Ali Akbar was also disobedient, but this time Baba scolded the boy. Later, Ali Akbar refused to eat his lunch despite Baba's persuasion. After a while, however, he sent this message through Raosaheb: "Baba, I seek your forgiveness for troubling you. I am sorry. I will now behave myself and won't give you any further trouble."
At this Baba remarked, "Ali's heart is very good. He is my Majnun, but at times he is swayed by some kink in him. He is strong in the head but sincere in the heart."