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Tuesday 13th August

Cool day, wonderful weather. Rode. Office, went down to see Smith. Nothing much going on, Ali b
Khalifah came in, talking of weather said before Suhail dampness at night is on the sea, after that it came
over the land, hence sept a damp month. Wrote a long letter to Agency re HH's finances. Slept after lunch
then had a look at the new cars & then a bathe, early dinner after which I took Smith out to the cinema & saw
Czarina - Tallulah Bankhead, I had seen it before - an amusing skit on Katherine the Great in modern
language. Almost cold driving back through the desert before the garden.

Wednesday 14th August

Rode, had a good look round the new secondary school & the girls school. Work is getting on well in both.
Office, didnt go to the Fort & got on with office work. Gardened after lunch then went to the Biladya garden
which has become a wilderness & ticked off the gardeners. M Saleh is to blame. Later to Sanyan for a
bathe, worked late on my report.

Thursday 15th August