After talking with the Colonel for a while, Padri returned to Meherazad, where he delivered the colonel's missive. The Colonel's two sisters, Daulatmai (Mehera's mother) and Freiny Masi (Padri's mother), remained at Baba's feet until the end. But Baba used Colonel Irani as a medium for his work, which the Colonel did in the form of hostile opposition until his last days.