Baba slept again at Baba House that night, with Eruch near him. But he could not sleep and walked to Bindra House at 2:00 A.M. Nariman, Meherjee, Sarosh, Pendu, Sadashiv Patil and Vithal Bhokre met him there that morning.
Baba returned to Satara at noon on 16 August, with Eruch and Jalbhai, and began discussing plans to move back to Meherabad. Many in Satara were eager for the Master's darshan, which he allowed on Sunday, 24 August 1947. From three until seven in the evening at Jal Villa, nearly 500 people came for Baba's darshan as bhajans were sung. Adi Sr., Meherjee and Nariman came from Bombay. Gadekar and other close Poona lovers were also present.
Baba and the women left Satara for Meherabad in three cars on the 27th. In Elizabeth's DeSoto were Baba, Kaka, Elizabeth, Norina, Mehera, Mani and Meheru. In Adi's car were Kitty, Naja, Rano and a servant. In Sarosh's Chevrolet, driven by Don, were Katie, Khorshed and the rest of the women. The men followed with the luggage in four trucks (sent by Sarosh). When all arrived, the atmosphere at Meherabad returned to its former joyful glory after months of separation from the Master. The women stayed together on the hill, and Norina's heart, which had been weeping until then, brightened into a smile.
Baba remained in the small cottage in lower Meherabad that had been built for Kaikobad, and in which Baba had previously stayed in seclusion, prior to leaving for Dehra Dun a year and a half before.
On 28 August at 7:30 A.M. Adi Sr. drove Baba, Mehera, Mani, Kaka Baria and Padri to Pimpalgaon to inspect the work being done there. Sarosh and Mahiboob, the mason, were waiting for them. Baba noted the construction work done on the kitchens and small cottage, and asked Sarosh to have the garden improved.
On the evening of the 29th, Baba suddenly suffered an attack of bronchial pneumonia and became very ill with high fever. Don and Nilu treated him for several days. Again, Baba's illness was perhaps related to the horrors being perpetrated in the country at this time of violent prejudice.
At Meherabad, Baba would go up the hill twice a day to see the women, but he had breakfast from the mandali's kitchen. Adi Sr. drove to Meherabad twice a day to take Baba up and down the hill, and brought meals for Baba, prepared by Eruch's sister, Meheru Damania, who was living with her husband at Khushru Quarters.