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behaves the more he seems to give in to her. Lovely day, garden beginning to look very bright. Gardened
in afternoon & then went out for a drive, to Idari, hospital, & round about. News somewhat better in

evening.

Friday 24th March

Lunched with DGs & went over his annual report. Cinema - rotten picture.

Saturday 25th March

Court all the morning.

Sunday 26th March

Sh Abdulla came in about his wife going to Baghdad, wasted a good deal of time, also discussed BS visit - he
has refused, a good thing too.

Agency to discuss succession business. Ali bin Ahmed re office at Rafaa, discussed HH & his sons - very
freely. Coates brought the new CRE to call also the late one - the late one is leaving - no loss, an ill
mannered dull person, the new one very colourless. Bridge at Lipps.

Monday 27th March

Fort, had a ride on the mare & enjoyed it very much. Shaikhs M, H & S all the morning, first a long talk
about question of Bin Saoud's visit, there have been many telegrams & he has asked to be excused but HH
wants to go running over there to see him without being invited, which is all wrong. Then a sales
committee & then an appeal court, they didn't leave till 1.30 so I got no ordinary work done at all. A wife of
a policeman died from taking rat poison which I sent to Hawar, the husband thought it was quinine & took
some from the NCO's box. A bad motor accident, one of our Govt cars. Played 18 holes golf & watched the
polo. Dinner at Lipps. Dr McDowall came in after tea for a little while.