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1945

At the end HH was extremely angry & disappointed. G made one astounding statement, that Hick meant that
the was that conditions became as before 1944 when obviously he meant before 37. G said that Hick got
HH to sign more or less by a trick only in order to acquire merit from the G of I - I dont believe this.

Friday 22nd November

To Jidda in the morning leaving M behind, went & returned by launch. All in a great mess there as they had
to pull down the pillars of the porch as they turned out to be hollow. Lovely.

In the evening HH gave a big dinner party for Sir Henry Holland. The long room was absolutely full, a floor
party reaching down to the doors, but the list of guests had been made out by HH himself & I never saw it -
several people who should have been asked were not there & Grant was asked without his wife. M did not
go as she had a bad swelling over her eye, she stayed in bed. Several missionaries were there I managed to
get a seat a long way down the line.

Monday 25th November