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Court all the morning. Told the magistrates that I am going to put in someone to be
in charge of the office. Thet agreed that the court work was not being properly
organised. Not very interesting cases.

Went in to see Snow in the evening after dining out & discussed our cook who having
bad eyes threatened to leave. Braganza family fixed him up & he withdrew his threat.

Tuesday 10th October

Fort. HH came in as usual but didnt stay very long & didnt talk much business, he
discussed fortune telling & was quite interesting on the subject, there are several
people here who are supposed to be good at it but the practice a " " also
discussed people who took over much interest in their health. Saw wakelin about
school affairs. In the afternoon to Jafair for the presentation of a sword from the
Admiral to HH, a pleasant ceremony in the garden. The SNO gave it, the sword itself
is a nice thing, a naval one, made by the people who made the Stalingrad sword.
Later there was a cocktail party, but not many people as it was supposed to be
restricted to senior people only.

Hick away - the party was, I think easier owing to his absence, there was no fuss or
tiresomeness.