Baba told them: "Stay here until the 25th. I shall then give you important work to be done in some town [Surat, as it turned out]. You may then return to your home in Navsari on the 31st [October], after finishing my work. Do not leave Navsari until the end of December. You are fortunate and lucky to have been called here during my seclusion. On the 17th, 19th, 21st and 23rd, you must keep silence and also fast without taking food or water from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. I have given the mandali duties. During your eleven-day stay, your duty will be to clean mandali hall daily. Do not lift my chair singly; both of you lift it together.
"I gave many discourses before you came, and Francis has recorded them. You will be given something to read during your stay here which you will have to explain to others. Take care of your health. Don't remember anything of the world while you are here. Forget the world and think of me all the time. Only keep me in your mind. You will get breakfast and tea at 7:00 A.M., lunch before noon, tea at 3:00 P.M. and dinner at 7:00 P.M. Eat well."
Hoshang had brought a number of gift-parcels of sweets and snacks from different Navsari lovers. They were kept outside the hall, and Baba asked him to bring them. As each packet was opened, Baba would pick up a piece of its contents and give it to Kenmore to taste. He liked the sweets very much. When all the packets were opened and Kenmore had finished sampling them, he said happily, "This fellow ought to visit us every weekend!"
Baba laughed and remarked to them about Kenmore.
"Harry uses his money very freely for my cause. He is clever, witty and has great love for me. He obeys me wholeheartedly. He cannot see, but records everything on his tape recorder. He has brought a new [Polaroid] camera which can produce prints within one minute."
Soon after lunch, Baba returned to mandali hall and Pukar's loud clapping summoned all there. Baba asked Hoshang and Cowas to repeat a prayer daily from 7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. The prayer that Baba dictated was:
Almighty God, help us all to hold on to Baba, and help Baba to manifest definitely as Your Avatar before the end of this year!