Munshiji inwardly recognized Merwan Seth to be someone spiritual or highly advanced and offered his home near Sassoon Hospital as a center for Merwan Seth's activities. His offer was accepted.
Munshiji, 42, was a faithful Muslim but he was also a generous, simple-hearted, unassuming person. He believed in the Prophethood of Muhammad but was not orthodox. He enjoyed socializing with his friends, but most of all he enjoyed playing cards. This he hesitated to admit to Merwan Seth, thinking it was not spiritual.
“”One day Merwan Seth casually asked, "Munshiji, why don't you ever play cards?"
Munshiji haltingly answered, "I do, but in your presence I would not ..."
“”Merwan Seth interrupted, "What harm is there in playing cards? I will play a game with you."
Munshiji was overjoyed.
Munshiji gradually became convinced that Merwan Seth had the ability to read his thoughts. One evening he was thinking, "For some days now, I have been eating meat — tomorrow I must eat fish. But how can I buy fish? It is not the season." The next morning, Munshiji was surprised when he saw Merwan Seth bicycling toward him carrying a large fish in his hand. Merwan smiled and, handing the fish to Munshiji, pedaled away without a word. This incident convinced Munshiji that Merwan Seth knew everything, for he had not told anyone of his desire to eat fish.
Another evening, Munshiji went to bed with a fever. He woke in the middle of the night, took a bath and swallowed two quinine tablets.
“”Early the next morning, Merwan Seth came to his house and said, "What a novel remedy you took for your fever: a bath in the dead of night and two tablets of quinine!"
Munshi was again wonderstruck at Merwan's omniscience.
A group of Merwan Seth's friends and associates began gathering every evening at Munshiji's house. Merwan Seth would have the Divan of Hafiz read for an hour or two and explain the poetry's mystical meaning to his comrades. Afterward, the group would sometimes play a game of cards or have some light entertainment. Munshiji, a bachelor, was a good cook and would serve some food. Thereafter, Merwan would depart to visit Babajan under her neem tree. (Sitting with Babajan every night and scratching her back, along with striking his forehead against stone during the day, were the only two daily activities that Merwan Seth never missed during this period.)
