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1927

Very windy day. Court in morning & the Shaikh came in to say good bye to Barrett. Barrett called on Sh Isa in the evening.
The mail boat didnt arrive. Didnt go out in afternoon except to the garden. Terrific gale at night. Slept indoors.

Sunday [24 April]

Special Court in morning to decide a complicated estate case which took us several hours. The boat came in afternoon so got
my mail at tea time, quite a good one. Then motored out to see the road repairs, which are almost done & then took the
Barretts down to the pier. Barrett's departure was typical, he dawdled about at the pier for over ½ hour & then found he had
left some urgent papers at the Agency & I took him back to get them. Mrs B meanwhile sitting in the launch, very cold & very
cross.

The new man, Alban, is very young for the job, only 28 seems a nice young fellow & a gentleman, small & not much to look
at, young in every way. He came to dinner with me. He had a bad time on the boat last night. He seems intelligent & quite
nice, but very young. The people will think him too young for a Political Agent.