On the night of 25 August, when the sadhu began his repetition of Om, Ramjoo sat up in bed and began his own unusual chant. The sadhu would say "Om," and as if in reply, Ramjoo would reciprocate with " Marbome " which means, "Shout louder!" Again the sadhu would chant, "Om," and again Ramjoo's answer would come, "Marbome." When this happened several times, the sadhu became distraught.
In the morning he had an encounter with the kitchen staff over a cup of tea. It became the final straw, and he announced that he was leaving.
Baba looked surprised and inquired, "Didn't you come here for God-realization? You are going away without it."
The sadhu said regretfully, "This is not an ashram but a house of rogues! I am fed up with your so-called disciples! If you cannot improve them, how can you give me God-realization?" Baba urged him to stay, but he would not change his mind. Baba instructed him to return to Dhuniwala Baba, and he went on his way, though he was weeping when he departed from Baba, as he was sincere and realized his failure in obeying Baba's instructions.
Baba then berated the mandali and directed Ramjoo to pack his belongings and leave Meherabad, never to return. For an hour the atmosphere remained tense and it seemed certain that Baba would send Ramjoo home.
But after some time, Baba called Ramjoo and remarked, "Don't think any more about it. If the sadhu went away at being disturbed by hearing Marbome , how could he have attained Realization? Realization is for heroes who, while the knife is slashing their throats, take pleasure in the pain of dying."
Baba concluded, "But you men should learn to behave in a civil manner with outsiders who are more or less spiritually inclined. These people are shocked when they come across such uncouth fellows as yourselves. They are to be handled gently and brought into line. In their eyes, you people really seem like rogues."
The Hazrat Babajan High School had recently opened, and Baba had given much attention to publicizing Meher Ashram as a boarding school and often spoke about expanding its activities.
Yet, despite spending most of the day overseeing arrangements for the boys in Meher Ashram, on 26 August 1927, Baba surprised Chanji by remarking, "I don't like to come here on the hill and in the Ashram. I wish to wind up all the affairs just as was done at the end of the Meherabad stay [in November 1926]."