Baba was lying on the soft dirt, bathed in blood. He had foretold that the soil of America wanted his blood and, in his infinite mercy, he was spilling it there.

It was as if a knife had impaled the heart of Age, as it watched the Living Christ bleeding helplessly on that Midwestern road. "O America!" it cried. "You thirsted for his blood, now quench your thirst! But remember to remind future generations, that along with his blood he also brought and left there the Divine Treasure."

Age listened and heard this silent message in reply from his Beloved: "My blood is shed only for those who continue to remember it and who experience love for the Beloved. My suffering will be their pain, which will always keep them with me. The blood is a sign of my love for the world. America is mine, and by suffering for it I am giving it love, so that it may keep its head bowed to me."

The ambulance and hearse arrived, and Baba, Mehera and Elizabeth were rushed to the clinic. Goher and Rano rode with Baba and Elizabeth in the ambulance, while Mani and Meheru accompanied Mehera in the hearse. As the newly elected mayor of Ahmednagar, Sarosh's status now became useful. In America, a mayor is an esteemed government official, and thus immediate arrangements were made for this "visiting dignitary," and the police cooperated fully. 

The small clinic in Prague was quite good, privately owned and run by Dr. Ned Burleson and his wife, Julia. Although Elizabeth was the first to be brought inside, the doctor quickly saw that Mehera was the most seriously injured, and so began treating her. Here is Dr. Burleson's account:

The ambulance brought the victims of the accident into the hospital at about 11:00 A.M. It was such a mess. It took me hours to pick the pieces of broken glass, earth and grass out of their wounds before I could even begin to stitch them up. It was very bloody. I did not expect Mehera to live. She had suffered the worst skull fracture I had ever seen — like an egg shell dropped on the floor.

I went to work on her immediately, trying to save her life. After a while, members of Baba's party began coming into the room asking me to come and look at Baba.