But the mast did not want to be disturbed and kept on his way. Lest he may lose sight of him, Aloba walked by his side and the others in the jeep drove toward the village to inform Baba. Upon reaching there, they were informed that Baba had already contacted him, so they turned back. They found Aloba keeping pace with the mast, and Baba had the car stopped and contacted the mast a second time alongside the road.
They then proceeded to Muzaffarnagar. The jeep gave a lot of trouble so Baba directed Elcha to drive ahead of the car. The jeep's fan had broken and there was a hole in the radiator. Baba's car too was having problems and Hellan thought if it was not attended to soon, some serious mishap would take place. He tried to fix it, but without success. At last, thinking that the car would cover the distance to Dehra Dun, he proceeded. Baba instructed Hellan to overtake the jeep, which he did. But Baba's car then stalled on a bridge, and the men had to get out and push it to the other side. At about twelve miles from Muzaffarnagar, the jeep again broke down. Baba had decided to drive straight to the town, putting up at the dak bungalow. Meanwhile, Baidul went in search of a truck so the jeep could be towed to the rest house in Muzaffarnagar.
To inform Baba, who had proceeded to Muzaffarnagar, Aloba set out on foot. A truck driver was asked to haul the jeep to Muzaffarnagar; but since he was going in the opposite direction, he could not comply. He said no truck would be available there for towing, so Pendu and Kishan Singh went to a nearby village in search of an ox cart. They failed to find one, but finally one villager agreed to provide one, as soon as it returned from Muzaffarnagar.
Adding to the confusion, in the meantime, Elcha departed for Muzaffarnagar in a truck to arrange meals for Baba and the mandali, and so Pendu, Gustadji and Kishan Singh had to stand helplessly alongside the road. They were much relieved when they saw Baidul and Aloba coming with a truck.
The jeep was attached to the truck which reached Muzaffarnagar at about ten o'clock that night. With all these mishaps, Kishan Singh felt rather worn-out and depressed.
Baba called him, remarking, "Whenever I go out on tour for mast work, my journey is always beset with difficulties, as you must have read in The Wayfarers . Wash your face, have dinner and don't think about it."