Back from Alexandria, she came to Paris, bought the book of Rolland from a bookshop, and finished reading it on the same day. Then she realized what that 'something' was. It was a call to go to Mahatma Gandhi. This call was so powerful and absolute that on reaching London, she reserved a berth in a P & O Liner. She told her parents the decision she had made. They were so sensible as not to dissuade her. But on second thoughts, Madeleine herself felt that it was rather too hasty. She thought that she needed to put herself through severe training in order to be acceptable. After having come to that decision, she went through all the chores of spinning, became a vegetarian and a teetotaler, started learning the language, taught herself squatting and sleeping on the floor. As for reading, she immediately subscribed to Young India. She spent a part of her training programme in Paris, where she read Bhagvad Gita, and some of the Rigveda, both in French.