We had two compartments to ourselves. As we had tea and supper with us, we are in our compartments. Again some were moody on this journey; probably Baba was stirring us up, who knows? This is a fact sometimes, and we did not arrive very harmoniously in Paris.

We drove to the same hotel where we had been before in December 1931, took hot baths, and then breakfast. Baba was not overly pleased, as some started breakfast without waiting for him; and this is never done, to touch food before Baba has eaten, unless with his permission. Therefore, he refused to eat with us at this meal, and went into his own room and had breakfast alone. Margaret and I had to leave very shortly for London, she to teach on Monday, and I to look for rooms. However, first arranged the day in Paris for Baba and those with him — a long taxi drive through Paris and, in the evening, the "Folies Bergere" for Baba and cinema for the boys; the next day, an early departure for Calais with seats booked in advance so that all would go well.

Before continuing with the following five days in London, let us read of this Lugano stay as Delia recorded it in her diary:

"Baba said that he would spend a week in Switzerland and that Kitty, Kim, Minta, Margaret, and myself were to go with him and his Indian group. Lugano was selected and rooms booked at Eden Hotel. On the journey over, Baba several times covered his face with a white cloth and said he was holding a meeting. We sometimes saw his fingers moving as if he were signing something. He told us that in this state the eyes turned back, and it would be horrifying for us to see this, hence his covering his eyes.

At the time, the Lugano period was a complete puzzle to me. I seemed to be groping in the dark trying to understand what Baba was trying to do, why he stirred in us emotions that we hardly knew or would not admit we possessed, but which were obviously deeply rooted in our natures. Jealousy, greed, pride, and meanness were brought to the surface at this time of friction. He treated me with apparent indifference and seemed to use me as a buffer between Kim and Minta, who were both determined to be the first and foremost disciple. Margaret also had a bad time but she, as always, was a tower of strength in her understanding of Baba, and has always managed to keep her level-headedness and humor under most trying circumstances. Just before he left, Baba consoled me by saying I had been very patient and had helped him with his work.

"We went for many excursions and at most awkward times— even on the Swiss mountaintops Baba would demand radishes, cheese, or potato chips. Kitty Davy always came through these tests with flying colors and always succeeded, to our astonishment, in complying with Baba's demands. Once she rushed into a