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Office all the morning, saw some ACOC people & discussed the matter of Y.K then a long visit from
V \ Wakelin who has just returned from a trip to Kuwait, quite interesting to hear about things up there. After
lunch I went to Jidda, via Budega, sailing across. A fair wind, very gray & stormy & so cold that I had a
fire. M was not feeling at all well when she left & I fear she may be ill on the journey. They are due in
England on the third day, Saturday evening.

Friday 23rd March

At Jidda. Spent a quiet lazy day writing letters and reading. Cold gray weather & a few drops of rain. A
strong shamaal blowing, good sailing weather, we crossed over to Budega in under half an hour. The
house seems very quiet and empty without M & J, depressing. Everyone, the servants & even the dogs
seem gloomy. Saw the Snows on my way past the hospital, she told me that Mrs Garlick had died, very
suddenly. Poor woman, she was a person who everyone used to laugh at.

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Saturday 24th March