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subdued but he has been ill I believe. I find Bliss quite pleasant, perhaps a little too talkative, he also is
out almost the whole day at Jufair. Court, but much less cases than before as we have raised the limit of
the small court to Rs 500/- which relieves us of more than half the civic cash which we used to have.
Went out to the Jebel to the Nixs & played Bridge, a very big party all the Agency lot & a lot of oil coy,
PR played Ping Pong ins short sleeves & braces - he is very badly dressed & looks even worse in Summer
than in the winter. Went out after arak after dinner but drew a blank. Metcalfe came over after dinner, I
left him & Bliss together, I think he bored at the Agency.
Monday [13th May]
