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pleasant evening, Max talked interestingly about politics & Turkey. Very damp weather but the house has
not leaked at all.

Wednesday 7th May

Fort.

Spent some time up there though not many cases. Sh Kh is having rather a lot of friction with the Brit
sergeants mostly about cars. They seem to expect to have the run of the cars for their own needs not
necessarily on duty. Nice day, everything has a very clean well washed look. A Qatar Shaikh came to call,
didnt care for his looks, HH believes all they say when they speak against Abdulla, which of course they do
just to butter him up.

Very sleepy in the afternoon owing to series of late nights, took siesta. Took Leila to see the new gardens &
the new houses. Max went to the island where he is going to build. Dinner at Rafaa, very much a family
party, HH, the children, Narayan & one or two others, rather boring & we stayed on so long afterwards
talking vague history, didnt leave till 10 oclock. HH in good form but I thought he didnt look very well, he
returned in the morning from a hunting trip down south.