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people who get money out of him. The amount of intrigue here is amazing. Its like a mixture of a Lyceum melodrama
& a pantomime.

Monday [5th April]

Spent the morning in the Court listening to Daly taking cases. Very interesting. After lunch some people came to
tennis but M & I went for a walk, out about two hours, & nice to get some exercise for a change. It looked very
pretty. In the morning later on we went down the bazaar with the DS, motoring to the entrance. Its a big bazaar
and very picturesque. Ample subjects for photos or for sketches. Saw a few rugs which I told them to send up to be
seen. Bought several things which we needed for the house. Our boxes & the Army & Navy Stores arrived. Three
boxes were open but apparently nothing lost from them. Several slight showers of rain in the afternoon, we got
caught in them. It would take ages to write about all the intrigue & the twisted politics which one needs to know all
about here. Certainly there is plenty of subject for a book, but I doubt if people would believe all about it. The pearl
divers, from whom all the wealth of the place comes, are actually slaves, capable of being handed from one Arab
Captain to another, bought & sold. Really the system used to be ghastly till Daly attacked it & fought some of the
abuses. Glad to see our boxes again. Warm, but not too hot. I sleep with an eiderdown on the bed & didnt find it
too much.

Tuesday [6th April]