Baba showed them photographs of Mehera, Mani and the other women mandali and, afterwards, held up four large photographs of himself which Mehera had said to give to them.
He asked, "Now, to whom should these be given?"
Joan Bruford said, "I think they should go to the ones whose homes are most visited by Baba lovers."
So, Baba gave one each to Clarice Adams, Frances Lee, Lorna Rouse and Joan Le Page. Then Baba handed out the rest of the gifts, miniature leather sandals and bangles. Before they left, each was given some of Baba's hair by him. Two large color-tinted photographs of Baba were handed over with explicit instructions that they be hung in his room, one on the inside of the doorway and the other on the outside.
The women went out onto the verandah, and the men had their turn alone with Baba. Each was given a small pebble from Meherabad Hill. Then everyone started returning to the farmhouse, thinking the morning program was over, but Baba called them back again to receive his prasad. The children, who had been staying at a nearby farmhouse off the property in accordance with Baba's instructions, were called in first, then the women and finally the men. He threw a sweet to a few, but if not caught, it had to be returned to him for a second throw.
Bill Le Page recalled:
I was on one side of the house and Francis on the other. Baba looked at Francis, and with me thinking Francis was next, I found a candy fair and square in my cupped hands resting in my lap — a distance of about 20 feet between Baba and myself! I had not moved. Baba had flicked it toward me without even turning to look where I was sitting.
The group returned to the farmhouse for lunch, and then assembled again at Baba's house at 1:00 P.M. Baba was sitting on the verandah, yet he seemed "far away" working intensely. His face was withdrawn and revealed intense suffering.
Baba had told them: "This sahavas will be unique in the sense that you will witness and share my present Universal suffering by being near me as my fortunate companions. Being with the Ancient One who, at the same time, will be completely on the human level with you."