"Is Baba here?" he asked excitedly. "Can I come to Baba's door to beg?" he inquired.
Eruch went to inform Baba. Calling Daulat Singh, Baba heard his woeful story and gave him food in his begging bowl with his own hands. Afterward, Baba praised his courage:
"I am extremely pleased with your obedience. You are truly leading the New Life, and are an example to others. Although away from me, you are close to me. I am very pleased with you. I promise one day I will visit your house."
Now that the New Life had developed into three plans, Baba freed Daulat Singh from begging for his food, and included him in Plan One-B to live and work independently as a physician. Soon after, with tears in his eyes, Daulat Singh left for his home in Bangalore.
"In this pilgrim's begging sack was a treasure!" Age sang. "His bhiksha of Wine will one day transform his beggarly existence into Eternal Life."
Daulat Singh held fast to Baba's feet until the last. He would occasionally visit Baba at Meherazad and, as Baba stated, he remained a true New Life companion, though living apart.
The women of the Old Life were at the various places they had been ordered to stay. Walu had been living at Bindra House in Poona, but the physical separation from Baba deeply disturbed her. After five months in Poona, on 18 March 1950, Pappa brought her to Ahmednagar, where Padri and Adi Sr. tried to persuade her to stay at Akbar Press. She refused and returned to her home in Arangaon.
Meanwhile, some other Old Life disciples who were living apart — Rano, Kitty, Khorshed and Soonamasi — were staying at Meherjee's in Bombay. Because of their obedience to Baba, they too had to pass through various difficult New Life experiences. Rano and Kitty had taken teaching jobs at the Queen Mary High School for girls. They were daily anticipating Baba's call, as he had promised to send for them. At last, on Friday, 7 July 1950, Baba called them to Satara. They arrived at 9:30 that evening, and were permitted to stay for one month.
In Satara, a mare was bought for the women, which Baba named Begum , meaning Lady. But she followed the women so much, she might as well have been called "Mary's Little Lamb." She had the run of the house and would even enter their rooms.