What was Madhavrao's role when devotees wanted to have their books blessed by Sai Baba?

Madhavrao, also known as Shama, often acted as a key intermediary for devotees seeking to have books blessed by Baba. As Chapter 27 notes, devotees learned that patience was required for this, and they would often take Madhavrao along and have him present the book to Baba at an appropriate time. However, this placed Shama in a peculiar position. In his inscrutable way, Baba would frequently give the blessed books to Shama instead of the original owners. The text explicitly mentions Shama questioning Baba about this, asking if he should return the books to the eager devotees, only for Baba to insist, "You keep it." Consequently, Shama's personal collection of books grew, as he became the designated keeper of these unique blessings.