During this period, as mentioned, Baba was not meeting any of the women except Mehera and Mani. But for the upcoming meeting at Meherabad, he wished two charts prepared, and so he called Rano one day, explained all the points to her, and she started drawing the charts.
Margaret was sharing Rano's room, and her job was to correspond with the West. Baba's "birds" in America and Europe were eager for word from India, and so Margaret was sending them news regularly of Baba's activities. But when Rano began making the charts, Baba would come to her room to see them, or to explain some point, and at that time, Margaret was told to leave.
One day Baba came to inspect Rano's work, and heeding prior instructions, Margaret left before his arrival. Baba examined the charts and then sent Rano to bring Margaret back, motioning to her not to tell Margaret he was still there. Margaret walked in and, seeing Baba, was startled. "Rano, why didn't you tell me Baba was here?" she demanded.
Baba laughed, "Don't worry, I myself called you."
Rano was, of course, delighted that, due to the charts, she had occasion to see Baba. Some days later, however, Baba stopped coming to inspect the work, and Rano had no further chance of seeing him. Once, when she could not follow an intricate point, she wrote her difficulty to Baba and sent the note through Nilu. But Baba still did not call her or go to her room; he simply dictated a note in return through Nilu.
Babadas and Vishnu arrived in Bhilar on 22 April 1943, with Deshmukh. Don had been drafted into the Indian Army's medical service, and, whenever he had leave, he would visit Baba. Baba would also write to him. At one point during the war, Baba sent Don this poem:
The war news is bad. The world seems to go mad. But don't at all be sad You know who turns the key — be glad!
On the 24th, Don came to Bhilar in the afternoon for a one-day visit. The next morning, conversing with Don about the war, Baba dictated from his alphabet board:
There is all this noise about the war, and here it is about my work. My work will assume double the momentum from August onwards, when it truly begins. I hold the key to everything, and as I turn it, things will happen. It is the Master Key.
There will be a great slaughter in India between the Hindus and Muslims. Stabbings, shootings and killings will be the order of the day, and even women and children won't escape them. Rail traffic and transportation will be disrupted.