Meheru had one fractured wrist, one badly-sprained wrist, assorted cuts and bruises. Mani was the least hurt, her feet and knees badly scratched, and limped with a cane. She did not eat for days and was overcome with grief and tormented that God had not given her as much to bear as the others (although she had recently had a severe operation).
Baba took my hand and then wrote on his board: "You must understand that this was God's will, and it will result in benefit to the whole world."
In the light of this, I could see that there was a reason why, although he and Mehera were hurled out of the right side of the car by the impact, he fell on his left side, and that it happened in the middle of the United States, although Mr. Duce had routed the first car here and planned a different route on the road maps for Baba's car, so as to take in the Grand Canyon.
I heard people say, "Baba must have planned it that way," but I cannot feel the Master would ever plan to hurt Mehera and the others. I think he just went forth to meet his crucificial destiny, for mankind's sake.
... Poor Baba had been put on a cot in the doctor's extra office, and he not only was in such pain, but could barely breathe because of his head being swollen with little blood clots from the fall. Each time we entered he would, out of delicacy for our feelings, throw a kerchief over his face and only show his eyes. Framed with his flowing hair, they looked indeed the eyes of the Christ. Rano or Sarosh or Goher would sit at the head of the cot and let their backs be used as headboards for Baba to sit up against, hour after hour.
Delia and I sent cables, tried to look after Mani, helped feed the patients, but Kitty could not be pried away from the room where Elizabeth and Mehera were, except to take a bath. She stayed at her post night and day, stretching out between the beds in the middle of the night for a short while on the floor. Delia and I helped with the feeding, rushing out for coffee and sandwiches. Charmian was asked by Baba to do the laundry for him and Mehera. Everything was covered with blood.