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Court. Richie, the movie man came down to the court & took photos, we had some of the young clerks in
who acted as parties in a case & immediately put on a very good dramatic turn, quite impromptu, he took a
lot of pictures & then a still of myself outside the court.

Got the new car, a tiny little Standard, tried it out before lunch & again after tea before going out to dine with
the TT.s we had been going to a play but the play was off owing to one of the caste being ill. The TTs had a
house party & their room was extremely stuffy with about 16 people smoking, quite pleasant & very well
done.

Tuesday 28th May

Fort.

Shaikhs as usual, HH didnt stay very long, he discussed Hay a good deal. Had a long sitting with Ahmed
Omran about schools & Egyptian teachers, the bane of our lives. Weather heating up.

Went to Jufair & out in the Commodore's launch, I liked it very much though at one place it was bumpy &
we got very wet. Sat a long time outside the house with him, he looks very thin after a long spell of
dysentery.