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garden before tea & didnt go out owing to rain. The Snows came in, to do M's leg &
stayed on for some time, he playing the piano.

Monday 18th December

Fort. Rain on & off most of the day, garden looking very green. Occasional sun &
very lovely effect of rain washed trees all shining green. Court, not as long as
usual & dull cases. Spent some time in record room afterwards where case sorting is
getting on well.

M went out to tea with one of her school teachers, I typed script for the play.

Dined at Agency, some Air V Marshalls were expected but didnt come, Shillington was
there, a pleasant evening, s very good company

Tuesday 19th December

Very cold day, 64 in the office & a strong shamaal. Fort, didnt ride owing to mud,
roads very slippery. HH came in, rather sour & talked of Zubara, he is extremely fed
up with Hick & seems to dislike him very much, thinks he favours Abdulla & Co. Much
talk about the pilgrims returning, Sh Ali b Abdulla & his people. Leigh came in for
some time, stayed till nearly two - as usual full of complaints about the cars, which
are of course worn out. James arrived before tea by air, with one Judah, a Spanish
Jew, at school with him & his father. The boy spent the afternoon here & the father
came to dine, before that we had a rehearsal, it went fairly well, James took his
part - on very short notice.

Wednesday 20th December

Rode round by the Palace & back to Fort. The ground drying up. Office, wrote a
report on the ammunition case for Hick, it makes quite an interesting story. Saw a