At other times, Mohammed would lock himself in the cabin and Adi would threaten to call the police if he did not come out. Again, Mohammed would comply.

Norina and Elizabeth met Adi Sr., Baidul, and Mohammed at Marseilles and drove them directly to Cannes, reaching there at 5:00 P.M. on 8 October. The mast shed tears when he saw Norina and Elizabeth waiting on the quay. Baba was very happy that the mast had come. He told Adi Sr., "You have accomplished a great work of mine by bringing Mohammed to Cannes."

Adi Sr. stayed with Nilu and José Luis in a detached cottage at the back of the mandali's villa; Mohammed and Baidul occupied a room over the garage of the villa. From the next day, Baba began sitting with him alone from 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. and again from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. each day. He would bathe Mohammed, bring his food from the kitchen, feed him and do his "inner work" with him. As soon as Mohammed arrived, Baba stopped most visitors coming to Cannes for interviews and spent the remaining weeks absorbed in his work with the mast.

Baidul was on call night and day to serve Mohammed and the slightest oversight brought Baba's stern rebuke. Once, witnessing Baba's harsh treatment toward Baidul, the Westerners were taken aback at Baba's severity toward one of his closest disciples. Baba explained, "My work is uppermost. Mohammed represents Germany, so you can imagine the significance of his coming here to France and the importance of my work with him at this point in time."

Baba added, "I have to be cruel to be kind." Baba also commented that Germany was experiencing "mass psychosis" under Hitler's leadership. As mentioned, Adolf Hitler was coming into full power, as was his ally Benito Mussolini in Italy, during the time that Baba was nearby in France.

One visitor whom Baba did permit to stay in Cannes was Mercedes de Acosta from Hollywood, who arrived on 21 October 1937. One afternoon Baba went for a drive with her and he decided to take Mohammed along. They drove in a convertible, and just as the chauffeur slowed down for the traffic in Nice, Mohammed began shouting at the top of his lungs. A policeman stopped the car and looked at Baba, asking what the trouble was. Baba put his hand to his mouth to indicate that he did not speak.