Also among those gathered that day was a woman from Australia named Diana Snow. Diana, 52, had first heard of Baba from Francis Brabazon in October 1953 and she met Baba in Australia in 1956 and 1958.

She had been in England, and her daylong halt in India on her way back to Australia just happened to coincide with the relaxation of the barring of visitors. Before leaving England, Diana had written to Francis, asking if he thought Baba would allow her to leave the ship at Bombay and come to see Francis for a day. She did not suggest seeing Baba and, in fact, did not expect to, since she knew it was strictly forbidden.

Francis received her letter and, while with Baba one day, he purposely let it fall out of his pocket. "Who is it from?" Baba asked. After being told, Baba inquired, "What does she say?" Her story was related and Baba agreed to see her for five minutes at 4:00 P.M. on the 14th.

Diana Snow arrived in Bombay and drove to Poona with Nariman, Arnavaz and Katie, arriving just before the given time. Francis was waiting for her at the Napier Hotel and took her to Guruprasad. Baba explained to her about his seclusion and stated it would continue, despite his giving darshan for an hour each evening until the end of May.

"You have no idea how much I suffered during the last few months and how I am still suffering," he remarked.

After Diana sat for some time in the main room where Baba met the Easterners who had gathered, he sent her inside to greet Mehera, Mani and the other women.

She spent that night in Poona, and the next morning she was taken to the various Baba places in Poona by Francis, who then put her on a train to Bombay from where she flew to Colombo, to rejoin her ship to Australia.