Barbara; and later, instead of obeying Baba's order, he went to Oceana and stayed there until October when he and Margaret returned to Devonshire.) Of course, I was not altogether unprepared for a change of plans, but slightly taken back with all that lay ahead of me.

“That night we all dined in Baba's room, and afterwards we took Rustom to the Monterey where we said goodbye to him. Then Baba wanted to go to a cinema, which we did, but it was not a very good one. Friday the 10th, I got up at 6 A.M. and bathed. We spent the day discussing plans and making final arrangements. Mrs. Hutchins and her sister came to see Baba in the morning. In the afternoon we went for another drive and, also, Baba walked with me to the Huimalu Hotel where I was to stay until I sailed on the Mariposa the following Thursday. That night we went to another cinema.

"The next morning we were up early and at 7:45 Baba, Chanji, and I went to breakfast with Mrs. Dillingham. We had breakfast out of doors under the trees; Baba took orange juice only. Baba was disinclined to go to this breakfast, but it was impossible to postpone at the last minute. We left at 9 o'clock, as we had to take Carl to his ship where we saw him safely aboard. At the last minute he seemed rather sad at leaving Baba, but it did not go very deep. Afterwards we learned how he had gone back and abused Baba, and showed he was extremely ungrateful for all the kindness which he had received. After that we went to the Empress of Japan where Baba and the boys had excellent cabins. The decoration of the boat, which was paneled with some dark wood, gave it rather a gloomy atmosphere. I stayed an hour with Baba and the boys, and then was getting so depressed and sad, I tore myself away from them. Although I was to see him soon, I felt desperately sad at seeing him go.

“It seemed when Baba left as though the soul had gone out of America. Nevertheless, much good in a short time had been accomplished by the trip. Baba had made contact with hundreds of new people, some of whom have never forgotten him, and who correspond regularly. It was a great pleasure for me to meet people like Norina and Elizabeth, who have since done such remarkable work for him. Also, I shall never forget the attitude of Malcolm, and Jean who acted with real nobility in spite of Meredith's rude and insulting attitude towards them. Not once during the whole trip did either of them make the slightest complaint, though they had every provocation to do so. Before arriving in New York, I wired to Cook's to book me a passage on the ‘Augustus' sailing for Genoa on Thursday, July 1st, as I knew how important it was to get to Italy as soon as possible to arrange accommodation for Baba and such a party as he wishes to assemble. It happened that I did not arrive a day too soon. Later we should have lost the Villa Fiorenza.