"But Baba, I don't know these people [the Jessawalas]!" she said.
"You know Meherwan, don't you? Don't worry. I have given them orders to keep you as I want. I am not sending you to stay with them because of your medical treatment. I want you to learn how to eat meat and fish. This is my order to you. Start eating non-vegetarian food and it will improve your health. After ten days, as soon as you come to Ahmednagar, I will call you to Meherazad to see me."
On Friday, 1 July 1966, Baba left Poona with the women and men mandali for Meherazad, where his deep seclusion continued. Adi drove Baba, Mehera, Mani, Meheru and Goher in the DeSoto; Waman drove Rano and Naja in Adi's car; and the mandali traveled in Sohrabji Irani's (of Ahmednagar) hired station wagon. Bhagirath's truck brought their luggage, as usual. That day, Jalbhai and Beheram's family, the Jessawala family and Meherjee were permitted to come to Guruprasad to bid farewell to Baba. During the three months that Baba had stayed in Guruprasad, he had not left its premises, and at Meherazad, too, he did not go anywhere except the main house and the hall. Despite severe pain in the neck and shoulders, Baba continued doing his seclusion work, which was all that seemed to matter to him.
One day S. D. Mohite, the caretaker of Guruprasad, came to Bindra House with the news that the Siamese cat, Pegu, had died after having been hit by a car while crossing the road in front of Guruprasad. Meherwan informed Eruch by telegram, and the news was related to Baba.
On 7 July, Baba had Eruch read the prayers aloud in the hall. Baba also stood along with the mandali as the prayers were recited. Adi, Nusserwan and Piloo Mama Satha had come that day and participated.
Kaikobad was brought back to Meherazad on the 7th, but at night he got severe cramps, fainted and fell down, badly lacerating his skull. Goher dressed the wound. Pendu had slipped and fallen while at Guruprasad, so Padri did his nightwatch duty for a few days.
Baba's lovers throughout the world had been instructed to observe complete silence from midnight of 9 July 1966 to midnight of the 10th. They had been informed through a circular issued at the end of June, stating:
Baba wants all his lovers to know that the 41st anniversary of his silence is a very important event, and as such, all his lovers should observe complete silence for 24 hours on this occasion.