Damu Anna was devastated by Baba's reply. What were his specific financial ambitions, and how did he react to Baba's rejection of his plan?

Damu Anna was incredibly crestfallen after receiving Sai Baba's reply, feeling the fortress of his desires had crumbled. According to Chapter 25, he had envisioned a specific path to wealth: "I would have earned one lakh now, and put half a lakh on interest." His ultimate goal was to "immediately become a millionaire money-lender and lived happily in Nagar." Upon reading Baba's discouraging words, he felt that writing the letter was a failure and that he had personally "kicked away the served plate himself." The kingdom he had built in his mind simply melted away on the spot.