Returning from the bathroom, Eruch remarked sardonically, "I knew something would happen! That is why I did not want to go for my bath."
"Go away!" Gaimai scolded. "What does it matter if a thousand bottles are broken?" Baba kept quiet and looked guilty, as if he had been caught committing some transgression. The fact was, Baba did not wish Eruch to go for his bath, and Eruch knew it. The broken bottle was his ploy to teach Eruch to follow the dictates of his heart.
But the episode did not end here. A few drops of the medicine had splashed on Baba's coat.
“”"There are spots on my coat," Baba complained. "What will Mehera say?"
"Don't worry, we have another coat," Manu said.
“”"I do not want another one," Baba insisted.
Turning to Eruch, Baba was plaintive.
“”"What should we do now? What will Mehera say when she sees these stains? How pained she will feel when she finds I've been wearing a coat that has been soiled. You know how very particular she is about my clothing."
Eruch said, "It's all because I went for my bath. I do not know how I let you convince me." Baba laughed and Manu hurried in carrying a similar coat. Baba put it on, so the stained one could be cleaned. He then went to Baba House.
Baba met his brothers Jalbhai, Beheram and his family. Beheram's three-year old twins, Rustom and Sohrab, were identical and Baba asked Perin,
“”"Which is Sohrab and which is Rustom?"
Perin could tell them apart, but Jalbhai and Beheram could not. Baba asked her for a hint to distinguish them.
While having a domestic discussion, Beheram told a lie, which displeased Baba.
“”"You're lying even to me! It is not good to lie. Never speak falsely again, to me or to anyone else."
Beheram acknowledged his mistake and sought Baba's forgiveness. But the next moment, he thought: "Even Baba lies at times."
Without asking what he was thinking, Baba smiled and spelled out to his younger brother:
“”"I am God , and can do as I please. But you should do as I tell you. All this is my creation and for its good, I may do anything and everything. From that point of view, even my telling a lie is speaking the truth, because Truth can never lie!"
Baba, along with Baidul, Vishnu, Chhagan and Gustadji returned to Meherazad on Wednesday, 24 November 1948, where Baba stayed for the next month dictating points to Ghani for God Speaks . Baba had been after Ghani to finish the book for months.
