Almost immediately Baba settled down for the night and, with his usual head-dress on, lay down on one side and starred his spiritual work — his fingers moving rapidly. Suddenly he would stop working, sit up just to see that we were alright, and then lie down again and work. This he would do up to about 2 A.M. and then sleep 'till about 3 or 6 A.M. He once explained to us that whenever he stays three days or more in one place, the work done there has to be recorded and registered. So far as we could judge, it was a record of several days in London that he was making with his unseen agents or workers whom, he said, could see us and loved us all.

We awoke the next morning about six and found ourselves in the play-ground of Europe. We were about two hours from Lake Lucerne with snow-covered mountains on either side of us. The boys were thrilled; many had not even seen snow before. Baba was as delighted as a child and began speaking about the beauties of Kashmir and the Himalayas, and how one day he would take us to these spots himself — which he did a few months later. We looked out almost continually from now on.

At Lucerne, the sun shone beautifully and all felt warm and happy both within and without. How proud we all were that our guests praised our beauty spots.

We had breakfast; just what we had with us, getting coffee on the train, and waiting patiently for our arrival at Lugano at 11 A.M. As we left Lucerne, the weather changed and clouds came up. It got colder and rain came. We felt sorry that we were not remaining at Lucerne. The deep ravines and waterfalls were so wonderful to watch!

Finally — Lugano, our destination. A bus from Hotel Eden met us and took us to our hotel which was situated right on the shore with a terrace on to the lake. It was a nice comfortable hotel. We had a set of rooms on the second floor — the whole floor to ourselves — with adjoining balconies looking out across the lake at the snow-clad mountain tops.

Baba said that he had really come for a holiday and rest, and at first we believed him. It was Dr. Ghani who said Baba never rested and that he only put it this way. To some this was no holiday, no pleasure tour even, but rather a hell and something to be forgotten. Baba's ways were new to us and difficult to understand. We did not know until afterwards that he was testing each and seeing how each stood up to the test.

Alas, the weather was not good. Baba seemed to bring the bad weather. Maya was doing her best to prevent his enjoying the rest, but he promised one for the trip to Mount Generoso, and the other for a trip to a mountain behind our hotel where we spent one wonderful afternoon.