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Tuesday [28th November]

Fort. Did extended order drill. Office. Cloudy stormy day, wonderful cloud effects. Looked like rain. James
in bed with fever. Wrote letters & then to tennis at Mission. Holmes came in after we got back. Dinner
party at the Russells, great fun, we had charades and dancing. Got copy of letter from Govt of India about
finances, some very nice remarks about myself which I was pleased with.

Wednesday [29th November]

Office in morning. Gardened after lunch & then our usual at home. There seemed to be a great crowd of
people, three Bridge fours.

Thursday 30th November

Fort. A long time at the Agency in the morning. Loch told me about idea of H.L. Also a lot of secret stuff
about Air Force & other matters which means some more work for me. Gardened, transplanted my stocks
seedlings. The Mimosa is out, unusually early, but it has been so warm this year. Motored & then to tea with
de Greniers to meet the R.C. priest who is here, a very pleasant man, a Frenchman. The Skinners came to
dinner. We had bustard which the Shaikh sent us.

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Friday 1st December

James still ill & still high fever. Went down bazaar & to ... garden. Gardened after lunch, played tennis at
Agency & then Bridge at the Bank. Warm day.

Monday 4th December

Court. Took case of three young men who abducted a person, fined 500 rupes each. Played Golf. Sissons &
Hopper came to dinner. I like both of them but Hopper is more amusing. He was at Bedford but after my
time. Sissons was at Cheltenham. They are both at the oil camp as apprentices, learning the work.