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A boat came in during the night, the [?Labresate], Indian marine, & Daly took the people round, but they were only
on shore for a couple of hours & spent most of the time in the bazaar, the P.A. from Muscat & his wife were on
board. I just saw them dashing off in a car. Busy morning at the office. An ex Gyppy army soldier came to me for a
job in the Police; seemed a likely lad so I took him on. Quite a change to hear Cairo arabic spoken again. In the
evening we went over to the Dalys as I had some things to discuss with D, afterwards we played Bridge & then went
out poisoning dogs. They have been frightfully bad, herds of them come round at night & make a ghastly noise. The
Dr & Daly give them meat with a very strong dope that finishes them off at once. Gorgeous night, an almost full
moon. The wedding cake arrived safely & is much better for being two months old. Warm, but not really
oppressively hot. The evenings are awfully nice. We went a walk after my Arabic lesson.

Wednesday 27th [28th April]

Late at the office. Slept in the afternoon & then we went down the bazaar. Its wonderfully clean & free from smells
but really it has not very much that one wants to buy. Came back rather early as Dr Holmes, the Govt Doctor, &
Geake, the Levy Corps man, dined with us. Really a very pleasant `easy' party. After dinner we played Bridge outside
until quite late. Had some very good games.