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awkward. Mohd then came over to the Agency with me and talked for a long time about the land question,
he was very long winded but at last he went. He is going to Kuwait for a fortnight for which I am thankful.
He is more of a nuisance than all the other Shaikhs put together. Our usual tennis party in the afternoon,
about 25 people came including one of the new oil Coy wives with a very dusky husband & a small boy. The
lady was extremely common & wore white kid gloves but the child was rather nice, about seven. The Hains
have a man called Hendrg, of the Eastern Bank, staying with them, he used to be here, don't care for him.
Yusuf Kanoo in paying off part of a loan which we made to him on mortgage of a garden which he has sold
for Ds 14500/-. My new car has not yet arrived, twice I heard it had come but it turned out to be another car.