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Tuesday 13th May

Went down to hospital after parade, work getting on slowly.

Office,

Sulman came in & again after being summoned to Agency - apparently to discuss Qattar. They all think it
very queer the way A goes on & the way he talks. I can hardly believe it but S said A was encouraging about
the claim to Labara. Scarcely likely in my opinion.

M lunched at Awali.

Gardened in afternoon.

Wednesday 14th May

Fort. Office. A long sitting with Shs A & S, got all the pending appeal cases done, some of them

complicated. Saw Steele about his electric allowance & some other things. A bunch of letters from A
complaining of various people said by him to be anti British. He has got it badly on the brain. Wrote him a
letter on the subject.

Didnt go out pm, Wafiah & Mrs Tabara came in with proceeds from Girls School Play, about Rs 500/-, quite
a good sum for one show. Bridge, two tables. Hot still evening. The Arabs very interested in the affair of
Hess, they are so much more interested in matters involving personalities than in the war in general.

Friday 16th May

Did nothing in particular in the morning & went to Siddall & Air Sahara in the afternoon taking tea. Rather
hot day.

Saturday 19th May