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1926

1945

Office. A good many people came in. Got a lot of work done, spoke to Braghuza about himself & his
son. Sh Daij re well for his house and selling his bazaar. Sulman Kamal re HH rebuilding house near
Post Office. Got a reply from Hutch re his returning here. Sh A asked me to dinner on the same day as
my party & consented to change the date. Started a sketch on the Budega road & then went in to see
Snow, SNO was there, stayed some time. GP came over after dinner looking very gray & rather
dishevelled, he discussed the church & produced some very elaborate plans from Sharp. Not really very
impressed by them. Cold day, in the afternoon I changed into a thick suit. Some trouble with American
chasing a girl at Sh Mohd's garden.

Monday 30th April

People to dinner

Fort. Lovely day, cool & clear. Court all the morning, rather dull cases. Finished the cow case after an identification
parade. Not very satisfactory. Much talk about end of war, I suppose it will be any day now, we are making flags. I
cannot feel any great excitement about it really it is the Eastern war that affects us most here. Arranged flowers in
afternoon, they are really lovely now but dont last long in water. Mylrea came in in the evening, also Galloway, the
latter does not impress me. Had a dinner party, Birds, Godfreys, Ham & Goldsworthy, new Iran Bank people, an
intensely vulgar couple, quite young & very dull, she looked all wrong, wearing a frightful elaborate dress. Party quite
a success, we played Bridge. Quite a good dinner, excellent tomatoe cream soup made of fresh tomatoes. Had masses
of flowers. Quite warm, had all the windows open. A letter from M.