The drawback in meditation is that any noise disturbs it. But love has no such obstruction. There, the lover is merged in the thought of his Beloved. He does not meditate, he only loves. Neither noise nor any obstacle bothers him.
From 5:30 to 6:00 P.M., the women sang the Seven Names of God in their (east) room before Baba, and Baba remarked, "Sing it here every day."
Then he asked them to tell him funny stories, which they did until he left at 8:15 P.M.
Meanwhile the four "prisoners of the Pistol" at the Ankai Cave were having a rough time under the strange schedule arranged by Pappa Jessawala. Gustadji got so fed up with Pappa's regimen, he had Savak write a pleading letter to Baba, on his behalf, to this effect:
Dear Baba,
I was with Sai Baba; I was with Upasni Maharaj; I was with Babajan; and now I am with you, Meher Baba. But I have never come across a "Master" like Pappa! Affairs here have reached such a state that, either I will have to go away, or the "Master" will have to leave. If you want to save us from this sorry situation, the only solution is to free us from the Pistol's clutches!
— Gustadji
The letter was handed to Baba in his seclusion by Vishnu, and it greatly amused him. He instructed Vishnu to send Don on the 8th to call the five men back from Ankai. They returned to Meherabad on the 10th of September (driven by Don in a bus supplied by Sarosh), and were accommodated in the vacant Family Quarters. Their orders of silence, seclusion and fast were still continued, and Pappa Jessawala too was given silence and had no more connection with the four men — much to their relief.
When Don came on the 11th to report to Baba, a well-known Swiss explorer and travel writer named Ella Maillart arrived at Meherabad and requested to meet Baba. Since Baba was in seclusion, he did not see her, but Don spoke with her briefly.
Baba continued to work with the mad and masts on Meherabad Hill until Sunday, 15 September 1940, when, except for Chatti Baba, Mohammed and Shariat Khan, he sent all the others away to their respective places with Masaji and Kalemama, who also were both observing silence. Baba continued working with the remaining three masts.
The date was significant, as it coincided with the ending of the Battle of Britain, Hitler's first major defeat in the war. The Germans had already destroyed the armies and air forces of France, Belgium and the Netherlands, and the German army was poised for the invasion of Britain.