In Marseilles, Rano was given the opportunity to comb Baba's hair. She was smoking fifteen cigarettes per day then, but through Baba's influence she gradually tapered down to just two a day. By giving her and Nonny chances to serve him in small ways, Baba made them feel like they belonged with him and thus they grew closer to him.
Margaret once related about Baba's visits, "It used to be that when Baba came for a week or so, we were exhausted, absolutely drained after he left. We had done nothing, but he drained us. Almost as if he had used our energy, like a human battery."
So Baba gave permission to Quentin, Delia, Margaret and Mabel to go to Spain for a rest. Quentin and Delia left on the 19th. Rano, Ruano and Nonny were sent to Paris on the 20th, and Margaret and Mabel waited to leave until Baba had sailed. Baba did not want any farewell scenes at the dock, he said, so even though his boat, the SS Strathnaver , did not sail for India until the evening of the 20th, he boarded it that morning with Chanji, Kaka and Adi Jr. Norina and Elizabeth sailed for America to carry on Baba's work concerning the producing of the film.
The Strathnaver with its 450 passengers reached Bombay in the afternoon on Thursday, 2 August 1934, and Adi Sr. and Goher met Baba in a Chevrolet. It was raining heavily. They went first to Kaka Baria's sister's apartment. Baba said he wished to proceed to Nasik by train, so they drove the Chevrolet to a garage and went by taxi to Sarosh's sister Homai's house, where Baba ate a little rice and dal. They then boarded the Calcutta Mail and reached Nasik by 9:00 P.M. Instead of resting, Baba and all went to the Circle Cinema, where they saw a Laurel & Hardy comedy, Sons of the Desert , which Baba enjoyed.
After bringing Rustom up to date on the film's progress and meeting others there, Baba returned to Meherabad at 5:00 P.M. on the 3rd.