Could you describe the context and interaction that led to the narrator telling a story to Sai Baba?

The event occurred in the midst of the Aarti. The narrator was seated directly facing Baba when Baba asked what Dakshina (offering) Shama had brought. After a brief exchange about a monetary offering, Baba keenly inquired about the conversation that had just taken place between the narrator and Shama. As Chapter 19 recounts, Baba specifically asked, "What was the subject? Tell me all of it in detail now." This prompted the narrator, filled with a sense of supreme bliss, to begin telling Baba the story of the old woman, which he felt was a pretext for Baba to bestow grace upon him.