How did Sai Baba interact with a devotee who was initially against giving Dakshina and bowing down?

The story in Chapter 35 details the experience of a friend of Kaka Mahajani who visited Shirdi with a cynical mindset. This individual, who was averse to idol worship, had resolved not to bow his head or offer any Dakshina. However, upon arriving at the mosque, Sai Baba greeted him with the words, "Why have you come in this manner?" The tone of Baba's voice was so strikingly similar to the man's deceased father that he was deeply moved and forgot his resolve, bowing at Baba's feet. Later, when Baba repeatedly asked Kaka for Dakshina but not him, the friend felt restless. Baba explained, "In your mind, there was no intent to give; Therefore, I did not ask you." When Baba then said he could give if he wished, the once-skeptical friend willingly paid seventeen rupees.