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came to see me in morning in a great fuss & said he wanted to go home for 3 weeks as his young woman has
said she won't marry him - all very tiresome, I couldn't refuse as I am sure he would be useless if he went on
in the state he is in.

Tuesday 22nd February

Fort. Dealt with a case of drinking spirits, one of the Police brought a bottle of it into the Fort, & gave some
to two other men, one of them who was in the cells for a case in which he was drunk. Beat all three and
sacked one of them on the spot. Very angry about it. Worked in my upstairs office. Furher came in & said
he wanted special home leave to go & see his fiancee who has apparently chucked him - stupid affair as
obviously she doesn't want to marry him & going home won't help. Saw Steele about the matter as well. All
very irritating - a little rain in the morning & very stormy looking. Gardened a bit after lunch, went for a
drive. Dined with the Pops, a large party of rather mixed type, 10 people. Brought back Bowyer who has
been staying at the camp. Very stormy & a lot of lightening & some rain while at dinner. Abdulla bin
Hamed came in morning.

Wednesday 23rd February

Didn't go the Fort. Office. Parker came in & talked about Hawar & oil concession. Stormy day, but at times
hot & sunny, & very damp. The downstairs office all mud. Most unpleasant. Furher came in again to see
me, all very tiresome, he leaves tomorrow by plan for England & says he will be away three weeks.

Drove out in afternoon with Bowyer. Bridge in the evening, only two tables. A very big storm in the night,
thunder, lightening & rain. Nasty weather but the rain is badly needed. Sh Abdulla came round in the
morning, discussed my Assistant, he was very strong on not having a G of India on loan, discussed politics,
& various matters. He is so much better than Sulman to deal with.

Thursday 24th February

Fort. Spent most of the morning working on Budget with Braganya. Damp stormy day, slight showers,
thunder about. M went to tea at Girls School. I didn't go out except to call for her in the car. Big storm in
evening, heavy rain. Dined with the Dames - dull party, Andersons and Herrings.