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1945

Spent a long time at the Fort & then with Ahmed Omran. One or two cases to deal with but most of the men
brought were for small things & I let them off gently. Looked at some of the stores we got from the Army,
quite a lot still unsold. Gardened after lunch, there was heavy rain last night. Larkspur is now in flower also
sunflowers, hollyhocks & a few other things. Poor old Hosha died, she had been getting weaker for some
time & for a week or so was in a very bad way, not able to tackle the stairs. I shall miss her a lot, she was a
very dear dog & the best tempered I have ever known and so fond of one. I dont mean to have another.

Looked over the pier work after tea. Dinner with the Grisewoods, an excellent dinner & good wine, also
present the Perfects, Phillips & Crowe and so we expected Bridge but there was none, however quite a
pleasant evening. B Thompson went to dinner at Awali.

Thursday 20th March

Fort, still very muddy in the streets & a lot of water everywhere. Office, saw a great many people, Dr Doeg
about a cinema film for midwives, to be taken locally, quite a good idea, then Mansoor Aragdh who was
interesting as usual, Russell Brown about land at Muharraq for a petrol station, Pelly looked in & I went over
there, finally Tunnicliffe. Felt rather out of sorts in the afternoon & didnt go out, M went to a cocktail party
at the junior bank people with B.T. I worked in the office, a liver attack I think but felt better by the evening.