Frightened by the dogs and the mast's anger, Kaka, Baidul and Habibullah ran back to Baba and told him what had happened.
Baba instructed, "Sit separately on three sides and don't allow anyone to come to the mast."
Then Baba went to the mast's room. Habibullah began laughing. Kaka asked him the reason and he replied sarcastically, "The mast will receive the Boss with great respect!"
Baba remained with the mast for an hour and this set Habibullah thinking: "Now, Boss won't return ... The dogs must have torn him to pieces." But when Baba emerged smiling, Habibullah asked Kaka and Baidul, "Who is our Boss anyway?"
"A saheb from Bombay," they replied.
But Habibullah now understood that Baba was something more than what he professed to be. They proceeded in the taxi and after it had gone some distance, Baba had it stopped.
He turned to Habibullah and said, "This is your time for offering namaz. Have you forgotten? Offer it here wholeheartedly. We will wait."
Being a Muslim, Habibullah was diligent about performing his daily prayers and did so this time, reflecting: "This Boss is so good that besides being careful of my well-being, he also reminds me of the time for prayer."
Going farther, they came to another mast. Baba went to him alone and took off his hat. From a distance, Habibullah saw Baba's long hair and ruminated: "This saheb seems to be a wali [saint]. He could not be an ordinary man.
"But why is he silent? He must be approaching the masts to regain his speech. But why should a wali go to masts?"
After working with the mast, they continued their search. Along the way, Baba now began teasing the Sikh taxi driver through Kaka and Baidul.
He told him, "You aren't a very good driver, are you? You really don't drive too well."
This angered the Sikh and he said something in return.
Baba then asked, "Who gave you a driving license? Did you have to bribe the officer? How much did you have to pay him?"
This set the man's temper in a rage, and in his anger he uttered a few vulgar curses.
He added curtly, "I have to return to Srinagar by six o'clock this evening."
"How can you return before our work is completed?" Baba asked. "You promised to stay with us until it was finished. It's not good to break a promise."
The taxi driver, despite much persuasion, would not agree to go further. At last Baba agreed to return to Srinagar.