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1935

Saturday [16th February]

Fort. Court. Left the court early as we all lunched on the "Bougainville". Loch took us out on his new
launch, it was a smooth day & very nice on the sea, we picked up Harvey, the Commander of the Fowey, a
nice fellow. The party was us three, Worth, Loch & Harvey, de Grenier & Davies. Lunched with the
Officers in the Ward Room. The ship is larger than our sloops with two funnels & was nice inside. First we
sat in a tiny saloon & drank vermouth & then lunched in a very pretty quite big room. The lunch was
delicious, real French cooking, but the wine was too sweet, we had Turkish coffee which I always enjoy.
The Admiral was an excellent host and very amusing. He described how when he went ashore at one of the
Trucial Coast ports, the Shaikh asked hopefully, if he was at war with England, and then asked if he would