He stared at Baba's eyes and face as if in a trance. He could not find words to express his feelings and could only blurt out, "Can I come with you to India?"
Baba spelled out to him to wait until called and indicated that, for certain, he would be called.
Kettner was disappointed, but Baba spelled out, "Do not think of physically coming to me. Come spiritually."
They sat together quietly for some time, Kettner holding Baba's hand in his.
Baba then spelled out, "Things that are real are given and received in silence."
Tears came to the man's eyes and he could not stop their flow.
Georges Matchabelli was another visitor. Although his interview lasted only two minutes, it had a profound effect, according to Norina. She reported that Georges told her, "You were right. Meher Baba is real!" The prince passed away three months later. As the Master had predicted, Georges had a beautiful experience just before he died of Baba as the Christ.
Gavin Arthur met Baba again in New York. The actress Tallulah Bankhead was also in New York and dropped by the Stokeses' to see Baba during this occasion, and saw him again the next day at the Shelton Hotel. The reporter and publicist Henry James Forman saw Baba that day at the hotel, as well. Forman had been working in the motion picture industry, and Baba solicited his help in the film project, asking him to serve as the secretary for Circle Productions, to which Forman agreed.
The Shaws came to the reception and received a brief embrace from the Master. But unlike most of the others who left after meeting Baba, they sat in the library where they could drink the Wine of the Beloved's sight each time the door of Baba's room opened to let a person leave and another enter. When the program ended after nearly two hours, Darwin and Jeanne were indeed intoxicated! Baba knowingly smiled at them as he passed by to return to his hotel.
The Shaws again saw Baba in the Shelton Hotel for 20 minutes the following afternoon, 14 December, along with Donald Holloway and Faith Valentine. Darwin described this meeting:
We were directed to a large living room. There we saw Baba looking radiantly beautiful, wearing a white sadra and sandals. Baba's secretary, Chanji, was the only other person in the room. Although it was a sunny afternoon, there seemed to be an unusual lightness in the room and I realized it emanated from Baba. As I looked at him, this lightness became, for me at least, a brilliant glory, and it was thus that I beheld the Christ in the glorious radiance of divine love.