Alighting from the car, Maharaj strode toward the hut, where Baba was already sitting alone. According to Baba's order, the others kept outside the compound, and were not to even look towards the hut. They were only to enter the boundaries of it when Baba clapped.

After half an hour, the mandali heard clapping. It was 6:00 P.M. They saw Maharaj, and then Baba, come out of the hut. Baba's face was flushed. Gulmai rushed forward and garlanded both, and the mandali offered obeisance. Yeshwant Rao went forward to take Baba's darshan, but Maharaj prevented him, saying, "Meher Baba cha hokum nahi! [Meher Baba's order is not to take darshan!]" Baba laughed at this.

Padri was busy trying to take photographs in the diminishing evening light. But both Masters would not stand still. Maharaj looked at the camera in Padri's hand and asked, "What is that box?"  Padri was afraid Maharaj would be annoyed and take a swing at the camera, but nothing like that happened, and Padri went on taking pictures — immortalizing the momentous meeting.

After final salutations, Sarosh drove Maharaj back to Sakori, and Gulmai, Padri and Kaka accompanied them. Before leaving, Maharaj remarked, "This meeting place was ideal — solitary, and at the same time so near." Maharaj asked when they would be returning to Panchgani and Sarosh informed him they would be starting back immediately. Maharaj said to drive carefully. Gulmai remained at Sakori.

Meanwhile Savak remained alone with Baba (for the first and only time in his life, he stated, other than nightwatch). Baba asked him to sing and Savak amused Baba with Hindi, Gujarati and English "love songs." When Sarosh returned, Baba and the others left for Meherabad. They stopped at Khushru Quarters to collect their dinner, prepared by Sarosh's wife Viloo, and then went to the Ahmednagar railway station, where they ate it. Padri was driven to Meherabad, where he got down. Baba, accompanied by Rano, returned to Panchgani, where they arrived at 1:20 A.M.

On the way, Baba was in a happy mood, and remarked to the men about the meeting:

I took his darshan. (Avatar or not, he was my Master!) He lifted me with both hands, embraced me heartily and wept like a child. We sat down, and he talked for half an hour about the war, my speaking, suffering, et cetera.

Then I motioned, "I must be going," and he said, "Wait for five minutes.