Referring to her age, Baba remarked to her tenderly, "I too am old, older than the Earth. I am the oldest of the old. I am the Ancient One!"
Mildred had been president of her Theosophy Lodge for almost 40 years, but she fully accepted Meher Baba as the Avatar.
When Filis introduced a woman who had traveled with the Barnum & Baily Circus as a "sharpshooter," Filis said, "Baba, this is Frances, an expert marksman!"
"And so am I!" Baba quipped. "I shoot arrows of love at the heart."
A few of Margaret Craske's dancers, including Ella Massie, were also permitted to see Baba in New York. Many of these lovers, along with John Bass, and Filis and Adele, used to meet at the Winterfeldts' home on Monday nights. At 4:00 P.M. on the 20th, Baba met privately with one of the members of this group, Meghan "Bili" Eaton, 39, and her companion, Philippe Dupuis. The following is Bili's description of what happened when she entered Baba's room:
At four o'clock we were ushered into the anteroom full of people who were waiting to see Baba or who had just met him. We did not have to wait, but were ushered in immediately. I went first, and my companion behind me. I entered the door and looked, and there was Baba. He was dressed in a long white sadra, half reclining on a couch, his leg in a cast, with many people around him. The minute I saw him, I received a shock, as if I had stepped on a live wire. It seemed to flash through every nerve in my body, from my feet to my head. There was no time to stop and ponder, as we had to move forward.
As his large, dark flashing eyes looked at me, I felt a tremendous warm wave of love flow from Baba and break over me. It was not just a feeling; it had a physical impact. As soon as Baba saw us, he smiled such a heavenly smile. He looked at me with such love, greater than any love I had ever experienced. It is indescribable. All I can say is, no one ever looked at me with such love or smiled at me like that. All around me was in a haze; only Baba was clear. He turned his head slightly to the side as if unable to contain his joy.