Norina was instructed to look after the monkey. She had to conceal him from the conductor when they traveled by train back to Meherabad.
Baba and the party left Calcutta by train at 5:20 P.M. on Tuesday, 23 July 1940. They reached Chakradharpur at midnight, where the mandali were waiting to join them for the return journey to Meherabad. The masts Mohammed, Shariat Khan and Karim Baba were with them, and the mandali had a "hell of a time" convincing the masts to board the train. In fact, Chatti Baba was missing because he refused outright to board the train and so Don, Savak and Baidul eventually brought him two days later.
Baba returned to Meherabad at 10:30 on the morning of 25 July, and immediately became immersed in mast work. The bamboo cage-room on the hill was ready and Karim Baba was housed there. Chatti Baba, Mohammed and Shariat Khan were accommodated in separate rooms within the mast ashram on the hill. The remainder of the mad and masts had been staying in the Family Quarters during Baba's absence.
Immediately upon their return, Baba informed the women:
I will give you your orders tomorrow. I know you will follow all of them, except the one of not criticizing and speaking ill of others! That one you won't be able to obey. I have been observing it all for the past few days. I do not care if you do not obey, but if you do you will help me. If you do not you are of no help. The only hope — which is only one percent — is that from August 1st you might try your best. Everybody fights and, as far as this order is concerned, all are hopeless! Try your best to overcome it. Your fighting is all childish and has no sense. If you try you will control, but trying means thinking of me. I will be visiting once a week to see you for a few hours, and if later I go to a nearby mountain, still I will come once a week.
The first hour [of my visits] I will spend with the girls [Mehera, Mani, Naja, Khorshed] in this house, so that Mehera will also be satisfied by seeing me. Then I will call you all and talk with you for a few hours. Each will have a duty and you must do it with all your heart. If you do not get angry, you are a stone. If you get angry and cannot control it, you are an animal. If you get angry and can control it you are an angel, a saint! It is going against one's nature and habit that helps. Not getting angry will not help. You must not express it! Impotence is no help.