Baba was not pleased when he arrived. He became upset because the downstairs bedroom had been prepared for him whereas he wished to use his usual room upstairs. Second, Krishna was waiting to do nightwatch. Baba had told him to come in November. The next day Baba ordered Krishna to look for a boy and for Eknath to do half of the nightwatch with Nilu.
The day after Baba's return, an Ahmednagar taxi pulled up and stopped at Meherazad. In it were Rangole, Laxmikant Thade and Subhadra Bundellu of Poona. Subhadra looked like a skeleton. She was in the third stage of tuberculosis, and her doctors had given up hope. Unbeknownst to her parents, she had quietly slipped out of the house and traveled from Poona alone. Baidul was on watch outside the gate and, according to Baba's order, he told them to go back. Baba had stopped seeing people, and Baidul was posted to make sure no one came. Thade and Rangole requested that he inform Baba, but following his orders, Baidul again requested them to leave.
Hearing the arrival of the taxi, Baba sent Kaka, who reported to him, who was there. Baba called the three, and Thade and Rangole supported Subhadra as they approached Baba. Looking at them from the verandah of the main house, Baba signaled to Rangole and Thade to let Subhadra go. Hesitatingly, they did so. Although Subhadra was in a severely weakened condition, she somehow walked the distance to Baba and prostrated herself at his feet, weeping.
After a few moments Baba asked her, "Why have you come?"
"For your darshan before dying," she answered. "The doctor said I cannot be saved. But now that I have seen you I can die in peace."