He had found his teacher.

C.S. Nott met Mr. Gurdjieff as a young man
after many years searching for a teacher.
Mr. Gurdjieff entered the Sunwise Turn bookshop
in New York, (1920's or so).
Stanley Nott felt a need to make contact, and approached
Mr. Gurdjieff with a book to ask if he had read it,
he looked into Gurdjieff's eyes, "Radiating tremendous
power, being, understanding and compassion,
more than I had seen in all my travels in any man".
He had found his teacher.