Irene Conybeare, Francis and Olla Goldney were seated behind Baba during the poor program. Olla had always been somewhat reserved toward Baba, but when she saw him amidst the poor, she turned to her husband and remarked in broken English with her Scandinavian accent, "He is goo-od man."
Although apparently engrossed in bowing to and washing the feet of the poor, Baba at once swung around, looked Olla straight in the eyes and gestured through Eruch, "I am not a 'good man,' I am God- Man!"
Later, when relating this incident to the women mandali, Olla said that when Baba looked at her and said what he had with such authority, she was convinced he was the Avatar.
The 75 days of special work began; but, for Aloba and Bhau it was mostly 75 days of torment! They were the prime targets for Baba's taunts; Bhau at night and Aloba during the day. If, while Baba was in the hall, Aloba was seen anywhere near it, Baba would call for him and harshly rebuke him.
He would say: "I told you not to let me see your face for 75 days. So long as I am in the hall with the mandali, stay inside your room. Don't do anything outside and stay away from the hall."
But every day, the same thing would happen: From the door or window, Baba would see Aloba, and the arrows would begin to fly. The fact was that Baba wanted to see Aloba, and would create such circumstances forcing Aloba to come out of his room — and then Baba would take him to task.
One day, put out with one of the other mandali, Baba stated: "There is no compromise — either you please yourself, or please me completely in the littlest things."
But, no matter how hard the mandali tried, it was never enough to satisfy Baba, who would scold them on any pretext.
Although Baba had first told Francis Goldney that he would have to stay in India for a year, Baba now decided it was best for him and his wife to return to the Faeroe Islands, which they did. Before they left on 4 August, Baba instructed Goldney about meditation and instructed him to write him once a week. Irene Conybeare also left in August to return to Durban, South Africa, to nurse her dying husband, Gerald Harvey, from whom she was divorced. Baba did not approve of this, but Irene insisted and later became somewhat critical of Baba. She never saw him again.