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Wednesday 6th October

Fort. Long

Driving back after going out we found a bunch of drunken UK sailors in
the customs square.

Wakefield to dinner. Very sorry that he is leaving, quite depressed all
the evening.

Thursday 7th October

H = Hickenbotham

Fort. Wakefield left by plane, I & many others went over to see him off
but the machine was already moving round the field, however perhaps he
saw us on the ground. HH here for some time discussing price of dates &
our recent meeting, also H who he dislikes intensly, he seems to
disapprove of everything about him so I see rather a difficult time
ahead. He even disapproves of his servants. Saw various people, Chase,
of Airways and AR Zeana re the heirs of K.B. Zagani, according to him all
waited till I went in order to misbehave. In the afternoon went by
launch to Jidda, took a carpenter to do up some things in the house.
Lovely day at sea & all well there.

Friday 8th October

JIDDA

Wrote letters in morning & pottered about. The Hutchings, 3, came to
lunch & tea. He painted a sketch of the cliffs, the boy looked for hares
with an air gun & she sat & talked. A nice day but flies very bad. Iva,