Once Baba wanted chapatis for the masts and went to Gaimai in the kitchen. Fresh chapatis had not yet been made that day, but Nergiz brought some from the previous day, and presented them to Baba.
Baba looked at them and criticized her: "You are not preparing chapatis with all your heart. If my masts eat these they will get a stomachache."
As soon as Baba arrived in Meherabad, he divided the women into five different small groups. Each group was assigned a separate room on Meherabad Hill. The women of one group were forbidden to speak with the women of the other group, and if anyone had to convey something to a woman of a different group, she had to do so through Kitty, who would pass along the message. Mehera, Mani and Meheru consisted of one group; Naja, Khorshed and Walu another; Kitty, Rano and Margaret the third; Mansari, Katie, Soltoon and Dowla the fourth; and Gaimai, Manu, Meheru (Jessawala), Soonamasi, Nergiz and Kakubai the fifth. Irene was still not well and therefore was kept segregated.
Baba had taken up residence in his Jhopdi in lower Meherabad, but he would walk up the hill daily to work with the masts and to meet Mehera and Mani. Because he was still in partial seclusion, when Baba was walking up the hill, a bell would be rung and all the women would go inside their rooms. After meeting only Mehera and Mani, Baba descended the hill. The bell was rung a second time and the other women could then come outside.
Once the bell rang when Baba was coming up the hill, and Mansari, who was missing Baba terribly, came out to see him.
Baba was annoyed and asked her, "Why did you come out?"
Mansari pleaded, "I too have a heart, Baba. How can you expect me to bear not seeing you?"
"Let your heart go to hell!" he said. "It is no heart if it does not follow my wish! Why do you call it a heart?"
Baba continued scolding, "What have you gained by seeing me? You cannot see me! When you don't obey me, what is the use of seeing me? You will never be able to see me that way. If you want to see me, follow my behests. Do you hope to 'see' me by incurring my wrath? That seeing is not seeing. Try to please me and one day you will really see me."