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Sh Mohammed left for Cairo, he came in the morning to get his money. Very sour because HH wouldnt give
him a return passage. I thought it rather mean myself.

Went to the race course & watched the police ponies.

T.T.s came to call bringing his new boss, one Wirth, an American, quite a pleasant fellow with some
knowledge of gardening. We spent some time in the garden.

Thursday 3rd April

Fort.

Office. Went to see Packer and Meikle about M's passage - all rather complicated as she now has offers of a
passage from all directions & doesnt know what to do. Gahan came in, in a great fuss about a report that HH
had made disparaging remarks to the people from Cairo who came about building a new residency, this was
in fact quite untrue. Mahsem al Tajar came & shouted for an hour about Wahf cases in the court.