Accordingly, Kalemama, his son Murli, Sidhu, his wife and their child, and Swamiji arrived on the afternoon of the 15th. Vishnu and Baidul's group arrived from Mysore at the same time. Later Chhagan with his wife, Shanta, and their daughter Shakuntala were called from Meherabad. A large house a quarter of a mile away from the Links at No. 4 Palace Road was rented for the men; it was also owned by Ismail's brother, who met Baba several times and expressed his great privilege to have such an honored personage as his tenant. A few more were also called to Bangalore. Eruch arrived on 14 August with his father and mother, two sisters and brother. His aunt Banumasi Kerawala and her sons Dadi and Sam accompanied them.
In the Links bungalow itself, there were 24 women living with Baba: The Eastern women were Mehera, Mani, Naja, Mansari, Katie, Soonamasi, her daughter Khorshed, Walu, Vishnu's mother Kakubai, Baidul's family (Soltoon, Sarwar, Dowla), three sisters (Gulamasi, Banumasi, Gaimai) and Gaimai's daughters Manu and Meheru. The seven Western women were Elizabeth, Norina, Kitty, Rano, Nonny, Nadine and Irene.
After seeing the Byramangala land, Norina and Chanji became completely involved in setting up plans for the ashram. Norina had also been charged with looking after Lucky the monkey, who could at times be mischievous. On the evening of 19 August, Sir Mirza came to the Links and sat on the floor before Baba. Baba sent for Norina to come at once. At the time, Norina was in the midst of sweeping her room of a mess Lucky had created. When she received Baba's message, she ran to him with a broom in one hand and a bucket in the other, wearing an old, tattered dress.
She felt awkward and embarrassed when she saw the Dewan and Baba said, "Meet Princess Norina Matchabelli."
She felt hurt that Baba had not warned her to clean up.
Sir Ismail, on the contrary, was impressed at the sight of someone of Norina's stature carrying a broom! He remarked to Baba, "Your love is wonderful! An educated Western woman from a wealthy background doing this sort of work? Marvelous! She could engage dozens of servants, but it is your love that makes her sweep her own quarters. It is her luck to wield a broom in your court!" Tears welled up in Norina's eyes on hearing this, and wiped out the hurt she had felt. She realized now why Baba had not prepared her for the meeting.