Why did Sai Baba get angry when the author paused his reading of the Bhagavat to go to the Masjid?

The source material in Chapter 18 does not actually state that Baba became angry. Rather, it corrects this potential misunderstanding by describing Baba's deep preference for the reading to be completed. The author notes that while he desired to hear Baba's stories in the Masjid, 'in Baba’s mind, there was no satisfaction other than the Bhagavat, which had been left in distress.' For this reason, Baba 'insisted' that the author return and finish the remaining part of the reading. The author reflects on this not as an act of anger, but as a 'great marvel of Baba’s' from which 'love overflows when remembering it,' highlighting Baba's profound focus on the spiritual practice of scripture reading.