The author mentions their own experience with a Siddha named Pir Maulana. Can you tell me that story and how it relates to meeting Sai Baba?

The author, Hemadpant, shares a personal story in Chapter 21 to illustrate that one's fortune must be favorable to meet a Saint. When he was a Magistrate in Bandra, he was repeatedly urged to visit a famous Siddha named Pir Maulana. However, due to his own pride and what he calls "ill-luck," he resisted, thinking he would lose prestige by being pressured. He never went to see the Siddha, despite being in the same city for many years. He uses this experience from his past to contrast with his later, unbreakable bond with Shirdi, concluding that the company of Saints is only accessible when God's grace is present, a key teaching from this chapter.