Why did the author of Sai Satcharitra initially refuse to visit the saint in Bandra, and what did he attribute this reluctance to?

In Chapter 21, the author, Hemadpant, recounts his personal experience when he was the Magistrate of Bandra. He was repeatedly urged by a servant named Inus to visit a famous Siddha, Pir Maulana. However, Hemadpant refused to go, thinking to himself, "Why should I go? Should I be pressured by others and lose my own prestige?" He later reflects on this decision, attributing his failure to visit the saint not just to pride, but to misfortune. As the chapter states, he believed that "One fears one's own shadow when ill-luck stands in the way," and that many years passed before he was transferred, having missed the opportunity.