Padri (in Sarosh's Chevrolet), Tukaram (with Kalingad in the Pontiac) and Adi Sr. met Baba and the group in Bombay. Padri was instructed to drive Norina, Kitty and Rano to Poona, where he was to take them around the city and then bring them to Meherabad. (Soonamasi and Walu went in their car also.) Baba, along with the other women mandali, promptly proceeded to Meherabad, only staying in Bombay a brief time to refresh themselves. Adi took delivery of Elizabeth's Ford, which she had brought back from France, and he drove it to Meherabad (after dropping Goher in Poona). A truck was hired for the luggage, and Chanji accompanied it to Meherabad (after a great deal of difficulty clearing all 75 pieces of luggage through customs).
At Baba House in Poona, Padri reintroduced Norina, Kitty and Rano to Memo. He then drove them along Fergusson Road where the Jhopdi had been and where Baba gathered his first disciples of Kasba Peth. After giving them a tour of other significant places connected with Baba, Padri brought them to Meherabad that night.
Baba was awaiting their arrival on the hill. As soon as they came up, he took them to their living quarters. Their sparsely furnished room, called the west room of the Water Tank building, contained nothing more than three beds, three chairs and one cracked mirror. It was an austere change from what they had been used to at the Meher Retreat in Nasik.
Baba had warned them in Nasik, "I will gradually take away all your comforts," and his words were now coming true.
Baba assigned duties to Kitty in the kitchen, to Rano in preparing charts and working on the Ten Circles painting, and to Norina in writing. Kitty was also to teach English to Naja and Khorshed.
Rano was in the habit of getting up late, as she would often go to bed late. But in Meherabad, the others were awake by 5:00 A.M., and tea was served at 5:30 A.M. One day soon after arriving, Baba asked Naja to call Rano to the kitchen. Rano was sleeping at the time and Naja woke her up. Rano rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, put on a robe, and accompanied Naja to the kitchen.
A kettle of water was boiling on the stove and, pointing to it, Baba gestured to her, "Listen to how sweetly the kettle is singing."