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Sunday 20th October

M arrived before breakfast. Spent a good deal of the morning in the house. Took a drive round after ten &
later the TTs & the Godfreys came in & Dick Snow. Dick Snow came in & we had a talk about the matron,
it is difficult to know what is best, all very tiresome.

Monday 21 st October

Rode. So very busy that I didnt go to court. Spent a long time at the Elec office discussing the telephone
affair with the Cable & Wireless manager from Karachi. Gough, a tall elderly man rather like Packer, Gahan
who was there said nothing. They obviously dont want to put in the automatic exchange & want to accept a
system like the one we have now.

Tuesday 22nd October

Sh A & HH both came up to see M, Sh A full of talk about girls schools, both in good form,