Srivastava had invited a few close personal friends to meet Baba, and Baba distributed prasad under a pipal tree in their garden. Srivastava's son, Inderjit, had left to get a camera and missed his prasad. When he returned, Baba again sat under the tree before giving him his share. He also permitted Inderjit to take a few photographs.
Baba and the mandali left Jhansi the same evening and reached Delhi on the morning of the 29th. Was Deo Kain and his wife Prabha, Harjiwan Lal and his family, Keki Desai, T. N. Dhar, P. N. Ganjoo, Kishan Singh and Prakashwati, Keki Nalavala, Dr. Deshmukh, his daughter Sanjeevani and a few others were present at the train station to receive him. Baba with Eruch, Chhagan and Sidhu stayed at Kain's house at 16 President Estate, and the rest of the group at 10 Tagore Road, where Harjiwan's son was staying. But the places were far apart which proved an inconvenience, since Baba always wanted his mandali near him. Pendu was hard put to look after all the travel arrangements and, as conveyances were not readily available, he could not go to Baba when he was wanted. There were also continual additions to Baba's group from different places.
As stated, during this tour, whenever Baba went to a new place, his first duty was always service to the poor and destitute. But when he arrived at Kain's, he was angry to find that the poor persons were not yet there. Kain explained that it had been unclear whether the persons were to be waiting or assembled after Baba's arrival. After a few minutes of discussion, Baba agreed that the instructions had not been clear. He apologized for losing his temper and said, to compensate, he wished to touch the feet of all present, which he did.
The seven poor persons were brought. They were not the sort that Baba preferred, but he nevertheless washed their feet and gave each Rs.51.
Meanwhile, Pendu and all the group who were staying at Harjiwan's arrived at Kain's house late. Baba became upset again. Pendu explained, "What could I do, Baba? I insisted Harjiwan provide us with a bus soon, but he could not."
Baba asked Harjiwan Lal, "What do you take me for?"
"Paramatma," he replied.
"Even taking me as God you do not follow my behests, so what is the use of your mere understanding?"
"There will be no delay from tomorrow, Baba," Harjiwan promised. "I will make sure all the arrangements are carried out."
But the next day it happened again.
Baba took Harjiwan Lal to task: "You promised me yesterday. Why couldn't you keep your promise? I thought I was the champion promise-breaker, but you excel me!"