Baba, however, gave no name or description. They left but, being new to Baba, did not take the order seriously and thought it rather strange. When they arrived in Nice, they walked into a small grocery store and, though they felt like fools, casually asked the owner whether he knew of any vegetarian Englishman living in the vicinity. To their surprise, the man said there was one gentleman from England in the neighborhood who supposedly ate only figs! Roger and Alfredo wrote down his address and went to his residence. When they told the man about Baba, he agreed to drive back with them to Cannes to meet Baba. When they met, Baba seemed pleased with the contact, having some work he wished to complete with this unusual soul. Roger and Alfredo also learned a memorable lesson in carrying out the Master's tasks, however odd.
One day a Swiss man, whom Anita had told of Baba, came to meet him. He had gone on a fast to prepare himself for the meeting, and he told Baba that he had not eaten for three days.
Baba looked at him innocently, gesturing, "You must be hungry."
The man was taken aback.
Then Baba commented, "Spirituality is as normal and natural as that chair you are sitting on. You need not fast. Only love is important. Love me."
Anita was an artist of some talent; she did a drawing in Cannes and showed it to Baba, who commented that it was remarkably good. Baba then asked Rano's opinion and she said she honestly did not care for it.
Baba reproached her, "How can you say you don't like it? It is so beautiful! You will never be able to draw as well as her!"
Baba continued to praise Anita's talents just to annoy Rano.
For some months, Rano had been working in secret under Baba's direction on a large painting. It was later called the Ten Circles . Baba had instructed Rano to bring all her painting materials to Cannes to continue with the work on the painting which had been taken off its stretcher, rolled and packed, and brought from India. One day, when she was painting a section of it, Baba came and made some criticism of her work. Rano said in a huff, "If you like Anita's drawing so much, why don't you ask her to do this work?"