In that embrace, along with feeling such great relief, I looked into his eyes and I heard one of the mandali say: "He loves Baba very much." Hearing that, I was made consciously aware that I loved Baba very much. My heart had told me so, but I did not really know it until I heard those words. Then I started to cry. I was so happy that I could not stop. ("I am going to get his sadra wet!" I was thinking.)
Baba said: "And Baba loves him very much."
So, if something happened that I never heard another sound again, [because of Baba's statement] I have heard enough. Since then, many times I have disobeyed Baba, many times I have forgotten him, many times I have done all the things that we should not do — but I have never lost that feeling of his love.
The Muirs left the Barn and drove back to Washington, D.C., wholly devoted to their Lord and Master.
Storm clouds had been gathering all day. After the darshan program in the Barn, Baba was driven to the Guest House to see the women. As his foot touched the ground, a tremendous bolt of lightning struck the surface of Long Lake, and it started raining. Filis recalled: "It was as if he had held off the storm until he was through with his work, then 'pressed the button' to let the rains descend."
Ivy and Charmian were at the Guest House saying goodbye.
Baba remarked to them, "A thousand years hence people will be singing about this day in the Barn, but you who have taken part in it can, of course, not savor its full significance."
Norina was still unwell and had been unable to attend the program. That night Adi Sr. wrote the mandali in India:
I am writing this letter in the middle of the night. Norina's health is not good and Baba's plans, because of Norina's ill health, could not be put through as he wanted to do. So there has not been a lively and happy atmosphere around Baba ever since our arrival. I hope Norina recovers soon and, according to Baba's plans, she is able to take part in the interviews that will take place in New York from the middle to the end of July ...
The next day, 18 May, Filis and Adele were sent back to New York. "Their first separation from Baba was as painful as their first meeting was joyous," Age observed.