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way the Locks have gone on. They said it was impossible to have it at the Agency unless they gave the party, which
nobody expected or wanted.

Saturday [4th November]

Court. Sulman has gone hunting so I had to take it alone. In the afternoon we took Steele's cousin out in the car to
get flowers from Yatim's garden. She is stout & very pink faced with flaxen hair, about 40 & looks rather theatrical,
like an elderly pantomime chorus lady. We got quite a lot of flowers & after dinner we went to the mission church to
arrange them & we were there till 4 oclock. Quite a warm day.

Sunday [5th November]

Fort. After breakfast I made the two bouquets, for Mrs Steele & the bride, Miss Savidge. Mrs Steele was all red roses
which I got from Kozaibi who has some trees and the brides one was white jassamine & pale pink lilies, great big ones
from Dames & Dr Holmes' gardens. They looked awfully nice. We went early to the church & it really looked quite
nice, though a hideous building. We had great banks of green and pink & white oleander on each side of the
platform. James & Billy Steele were the pages in long blue velvet trousers & white shirts. They looked quite nice.
The bride had a pretty dress with long train & long veil of almost beige satin with long tight sleeves and very full
shoulders, quite nice. Ham & Dr Holmes who was best man, and Steele, Hakken & myself & Lock wore proper tail
coats. The service was very short. The Shaikh & Mohamed attended. Afterwards they had a luncheon party at the
Fort & innumerable photos were taken, groups etc. I seemed to do most of the organising of the party and arranged
the photographs, the doctor, as best man, did nothing. In the evening the Steeles had a dinner party, rather a
wearisome affair as we had all met at lunch. Ham & his bride went off in his new car for a picnic & return to the Bank
after dark, much the best idea, they suggested a honeymoon & one of the Shaikh's hunting lodges but I put them off
that idea - it would have been enough to cause a divorce at once - on the whole it was quite a good show & the bride
looked very pretty & James behaved quite well as a page.

Monday 6th [November]