One of Naoroji's female family members, after embracing Baba, said, "Please get well soon, Baba."
Baba gestured emphatically in Gujarati, "What is ordained to happen will happen."
Baba then repeated this to all present.
Baba's hip joint would pain him for the rest of his life. As Age noted, "His suffering for humanity was inescapable."
On one occasion, at the end of August, Baba began asking if there had been any letter or telegram from Ben Hayman. Ben did not write often, and Mani was puzzled by Baba's persistent, daily inquiries.
On reaching Poona, Baba again asked if there had been any communication from Hayman, and on being told none had been received, Baba remarked, "Tomorrow, definitely remind me about Ben."
Mani asked, "What should I remind you about him?"
Baba gestured, "Never mind, just remind me."
The mystery was solved when they received a telegram, stating that Ben Hayman had been injured in an automobile accident on 1 September, with fractures to one foot and to some of his ribs. The All-knowing One had once again demonstrated his omniscient concern for one of his lovers far away in America.
On the 1st, Dr. Chatterjee arrived to examine Baba, and he too ruled out any need of an operation on Baba's hip at this time.
Adi took Baba to watch a cricket match at Deccan Gymkhana on the 1st, and then drove the women back to Ganeshkhind from the racecourse, where they had gone to see the races.
On Friday, 6 September 1957, Baba visited the home of K. K. Ramakrishnan in Kirkee (107/5 Range Hills), where many of the Poona Center workers had gathered. Baba met with them for a while before visiting Gadekar's home, and then departing for Meherazad in Meherjee and Adi's cars, as before.
Baba had contacted a few masts in Poona. One day Jalbhai brought a Christian named John, whom he had spotted wandering in the bazaar. Baba had not worked with this man before.
He said, "He is not on the Path [planes], but he has some hawa [breeze] of it."
The man appeared mast-like, speaking fluent English, but his sentences were without rhyme or reason. He was rather distinguished looking, had a beard, old clothes and a somewhat courtly manner. Baba was very happy to contact him and enjoyed his nonsensical talk.
As Baba and the women were leaving Poona, Baba had the car stopped some distance from Babajan's tomb. He told the women mandali to go and hurriedly pay their respects to Babajan while he waited in the car. When they returned, they saw the Christian man, John, standing by the open car door looking intently at Baba. Baba gestured to Mani to give him one rupee, and as she was doing so, this John asked her, "Have you helped him somewhat?"