In the meantime, Meherjee arrived with Ena Lemmon, 50, and Clarice Adams, 43. Baba embraced both women, and they sat down next to Irene Conybeare. In the course of the conversation, Baba asked how they had come in his contact. Clarice said, "A friend of mine lent me a book of yours to read, and I became so furious at your assertion of being God, I began reading it over again to prove you were wrong! But the more I read the more interested in you I became. I read the book several times, until finally I wished for your darshan and wrote to you."
Ena said, "I read the Discourses and The Avatar , and the moment my eyes fell on your picture, I had a great longing to see you and decided to come to India." Both were so taken with Baba, tears flowed down their cheeks. They could hardly answer Baba's inquiries, their hearts were so full, and they sat speechless, simply gazing at him.
Ena Lemmon later recalled:
I was nervous and shy about meeting the God-Man and kind of sheltered myself behind my friend as we approached Baba ... I found our Beloved absorbing and fascinating right from the beginning. At one point, Baba asked us if we wanted to go out, as it was warm, but we had both traveled so far to be with Baba that both of us said no. Later, Baba sent us out but said we could see him again in the morning.
I was also greatly impressed by Baba's close people and decided that if that was the way people attached to Baba turned out, it suited me fine as I would like to be like them.
Clarice's eldest son Noel had sent his prized stamp collection as a gift for Baba. Later it was returned by post as a gift from Baba to Noel — more stamps had been added and Baba's signature! Colin, her second son, had sent a sweets dispenser, and her daughter Cynthia a handicraft.
Dr. Deshmukh, from Nagpur, also arrived.
Baba humorously asked him, "Won't you leave me alone?"
Deshmukh said, "If I leave you alone, I'll be nowhere!"
Soon after, Pukar and the others from Hamirpur came, and Baba rebuked Pukar: "You had come to Poona on the 14th of last month for the darshan program and again you are here! I have assigned a year's work for you to do during my retirement. You have to fast for seven days from the 15th [of February] and thereafter, wander from place to place for a year spreading my name and love. Before starting the journey, you have to make arrangements for your family. Knowing all this, why are you here again, wasting time and money?"