Jean wept and said, "But Baba, the night is so long!"
Baba smiled and spelled out, "But when dawn comes, you will see that everything you are bearing now would have been worth bearing a thousand times!"
Baba explained, "I push you away, then I draw you close. Again I push you off and draw you even closer. Now, I push you far away, and the next time I draw you back to me, it will be to remain one with my Universal Self forever!"
Baba had said something similar to Ghita two days before. A few of the Westerners were to return to India with Baba, but Ghita was not one of them.
About the apparent "cruelty" of separation for those being asked to remain behind, Baba explained, "I have to give you the experience of separation and its pinch and pain to intensify your love and bring you closer. It is necessary to be separate and to suffer after having the first experience of [my] love."
As the time for Baba's departure from France was fast approaching, on Friday, 15 October 1937, he permitted Kaka, Nilu, Adi Sr. and Adi Jr. to leave by the morning train to spend a few days in Paris, where they could see some of the same sights he had shown the women mandali.
During this period, Chanji's nephew, Nariman Dadachanji, was studying chemistry in Manchester, England, and he arrived in Cannes to see Baba on the afternoon of the 17th. Nariman, 24, was not the type of person given to much talking or asking questions. From his first contact with the Master, he had been sipping the nectar of Baba's silence in silence. Baba inquired how his studies were progressing, and after a four-day stay Nariman left for England via Paris. Chanji traveled to Paris with him and returned to Cannes on the 25th.
Baba sent Donkin to Paris with José Luis on the 17th (where Luis was probably handed over to the Spanish refugee camp there). Later it was observed that after Luis was sent away, the political situation in Spain stabilized and eventually most of the refugee children were returned home.
Mabel Ryan was very ill with cancer and spent most of her time in bed while in Cannes being nursed by Mary Backett. Baba would come to see her daily, knowing this was their last meeting. Margaret had returned to Cannes, and she, Mabel and Tom Sharpley also left on the 17th for London.