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1849

1944

Went to the Fort & got James' turban tied, he is going as a Policeman. Rehearsed in
the evening, not too bad. TTs stayed to dinner & after dinner we got various things
done for the play. It all seems a great deal of work for so short a show.

Saturday 30th December

Fort.
Listened to the band - they are not in very good form & several absent - ill.
Fine day. HH & SH H came in, H in a bad temper, usual long lecture about
Zubara, also about Sulman bin Mohd. HH entirely disapproves of his being sent
to Palestine. He was very ugly about the whole affair, also because he found
that Hick had been discussing his feelings about Zubara with various local
merchants who had repeated it back to him. He detests Hick. Busy all the
afternoon preparing for party. Went up to the Fort after tea and later had a
rehearsal, the first time was awful, the second quite good. The TTs didnt go
till very late.

Sunday 31st December

Office. Spent most of the day preparing for the party & moving carpets &
furniture. Dinner at one long table on the veranda for 60 people, no turkey
this year only goose. Quite a nice day though it looked cloudy.

[1945 diary entries are in 1944 diary with dates corrected in pencil]