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are not agile. Sat in the meglis some time & then came back to the pier & home, didn't get in till nearly
midnight. It was very picturesque at Hedd, lights and crowds, & dancing men & the "Abeed" women in
the courtyard. Young Ahmed looked petrified with shyness but nobody took any notice of him. The
Shaikh discussed his ex wife with me & said she was very "light" & behaving badly & he had ordered her
to return to her people, the Fadhs, & if she refused I was to remove her forcibly in a lorry to their house!!

Friday [26th April]

Went out to the Bideford in the morning, there were some things I wanted to discuss with Fisher & also I
thought I ought to return his call as I missed going out with the Shaikh. The doctor was going out so I
went with him, we stayed till nearly one o'clock. I refused lunch. I like Fisher. I sat most of the time