In the afternoon, in a Christian vein, Nariman read about Friar Juniper, a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi, and also read other selections from different Christian mystical books.1
Later that evening, this message was received from Baba:
During my seclusion Kaka has worked hard and wholeheartedly from morning to night, seeing to every detail of countless duties for me, also managing household affairs of the mandali, and seeing to the bazaar of the women mandali through Goher. Although infinite restlessness is my constant companion, I have never been so restless as from July 1st to the 9th, in my present seclusion.
Like everyone else, Kaka had been on silence since the 1st of July. He did not know how to write in Marathi, and the servants could not read Gujarati. Despite that, Kaka had to give them orders, and it was a very difficult but often amusing situation, seeing Kaka and the servant boys huddled over his slate, trying to decipher what he meant to convey.
At 8:00 P.M. Kaka was trying to explain to the servants their duties while Baba would be away; yet he forgot to tell them the most important part — that Baba was actually leaving!
Everyone had to be reassembled, but Baba later sent word: "The trouble was not due to Kaka's mistake; it was my own work which was responsible for it. I was angry with Kaka, but it is my weakness to get so upset over such a trifling matter."
Nariman was on watch during the night, and Baba rang for Kaka twice.
When Kaka came, Baba would ask him questions, such as: "Who was knocking on the door? ... Did you hear that noise? Find out its cause ... Ask the watchman if I slept and for how long?" and so forth.
On 12 July, from 11:00 to 11:30 A.M., Jal Kerawalla again read passages to Baba from the Upanishads , and Meherjee from the Dasatir from 11:30 to noon. Nariman read from some books on mysticism in the afternoon. Meherjee was on watch that night. There were again several knocking noises, and Kaka was twice summoned during his sleep to investigate the matters. Both times he found nothing.
The same schedule was maintained on Wednesday, 13 July 1949, which was the last day of the reading phase. Meherjee read again from the Dasatir from 10:30 to 11:20 A.M., and Nariman from 11:20 to 12:10 P.M. Jal Kerawalla was asked to read Baba's own "Divine Theme of Creation" at 1:50 P.M. They would all go inside the cabin enclosure together, and read from outside the bus. Baba stayed inside the bus, and no one could actually see him. Nariman was on watch that night.
Footnotes
- 1.Don had been informed at Meherabad to mark certain portions of books he had on Christian spirituality. Adi Sr. collected the books and delivered them to Nariman.