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1926

Letters by the down mail, but only two & both to M. Stayed very late in bed & had a thoroughly lazy day. Slept all
the afternoon & did not go to the Daly's Friday party, went a walk after tea.

Saturday [24th April]

Office all the morning. de Grenier keeps on coming in & wasting my time with fatuous conversation. He's a trying
person but very self satisfied although under notice to go. Called on the bank Manager about some accounts, I am
really quite sorry for him, he seems to be very bored & fed up - & no wonder. Went a drive in the car with the Dalys
in the evening. A hot day & felt decidedly liverish all day. My head clerk is ill & absent which made things very
awkward at the office. The Sheikh didn't come in for his Court, he gets very bored by too much official work.

Sunday [25th April]

Went to the office a little later with Daly & spent most of the day tackling the accounts which eventually turned out
to be correct. Geake came round in the morning. He really is quite a nice fellow, but not very clever, & very "young"
in his ideas & manners. Went out for a picnic with the Dalys & then on to the Sheikh's where we made a call. He was