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tennis at the Agency, Smith & the Dr were there, afterwards Bridge. M & I are doing well this month, we have won most
times.

Wednesday 29th [30 November]

M & I went over in a sailing boat to Muharrak, very windy got across in very short time. Lovely day. I went to see the Shaikh
& M sailed back. Had a long talk with him about various things. Once again he started on the question of the Ghattam murder
case as one of the sons of the old Shaikh scared him by saying he was going over to visit Bin Saoud. It was really absurd, also
he settled to pay the one Shaikh of the Dawasir who has returned another thousand rupees. Went to the Customs on the way
back & got very late for lunch. Tennis & Bridge at the Spences in the afternoon. Very good Bridge, the Parkes as usual went
down, he gets so annoyed when he loses. The Shaikh is in his Muharrak house, quite a good house with a big Meglis.
Interviewed some people about the Jabara case after I left him. They still seem to be very excited over it.

Thursday [1 December]