They were lucky to have obtained these.
But Baba reprimanded him, saying, "If you could not buy third–class tickets, you should have come back and informed me."
Padri countered, "Had I done so, you would have surely told me to buy inter–class tickets. When we tried to go to Porto Novo, you told me to try for second and even first class ones."
"Because I said a thing once, does that mean a law has been laid down for all time? You are profoundly mistaken if you think so!"
But later, as was expected, Padri was pardoned for his mistake.
During this journey Baba wished to remain incognito. When they were about to board the compartment at eight in the morning on 9 August 1924, three Parsis arrived on the platform. Despite the Master's strict order not to divulge his identity, Behramji, when questioned by the strangers, blurted out that he was traveling with Meher Baba. They then insisted on meeting the Master, and Baba politely expressed his happiness to have met them, although he was glaring at Behramji the whole time.
Baba calmed down as they settled in the train, but he continued to recite his "prayer" to be kicked by sadhus and saints. Surprisingly, he said he felt hungry. The men were happy that Baba finally wanted to eat again, but the only food they had with them was leftover dal. Baba insisted that it be heated, but they had no stove. Padri solved the dilemma by taking the vessel to the engineer, who obliged him by placing the steel pot on a shovel and sticking it in among the burning coals used to fuel the train. Padri then brought the hot dal back to Baba, who ate it with delight and later complimented him on his thoughtfulness.
They reached Howrah (a suburb of Calcutta), at five in the afternoon of 11 August and went to a Mughal hotel. It was so dirty that they immediately left for another hotel called the Punjabi Bengal . In the evening they went for a two-hour taxicab ride through Calcutta.
The next day, inquiries were made about visiting Dakshineshwar and the temple where the Sadguru Ramakrishna Paramhansa once lived. On 12 August, they boated across the Hooghly River to visit the shrine. Near the bank of the river, they came across a blind beggar sitting in squalor. Baba and the men swept the filthy area, and then fed and comforted the destitute man.