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Thursday 23rd May

Fort, very few men on parade, warm. Sh Abdulla came in to discuss the elections They went off very well.
Court in the morning instead of on Monday. M spent the whole morning at the Palace, HH came up & had a
pre view in order to buy what he wanted before other people got in. He took a very lively interest in
everything. Saw various people after court & after lunch M went to the Palace where I joined her later on. A
great many people seemed to be there & most of the stuff was bought, the material was poor & the work
deserved better stuff. Stayed there till 7.30 then came back & dressed & dined at the Agency, quite a party.
After dinner saw the cinema - the films were not as dud as the awful collection we saw at the Fort lately. The
Commodore was there first time for a long while.

Friday 24th May

Spent a very lazy day, had breakfast at ten & then gardened most of the morning, Mrs Harrison brought Bob
Van Peussem in to call, he seems a nice young fellow but rather earnest, very like his father. He was
attached to the Amir Faisal at the Conference in America & had some hand in writing his speeches. Dick
came in & played the piano for some time. After lunch M went to the Palace where they had a ladies by
invitation day, I gardened & sat about on the veranda. A hot day but quite pleasant in the evening. There is a