Later in the eveing the Mayor returned my call and brought his brother, Abdullah Effendi, an ex-deputy of the Turkish chamber, to see me. With them came Husain Beg Naftji Zadah, the member of that family who is coming on the deputation. Abdullah Beg and Husain Beg scarcely talk Arabic at all - Turkish is their only tongue. On my return I found letters from you of Oct 26 and Nov 2 and from Mother of Oct 12 and 18 - you are the most wonderful correspondents. He hasn't got the resourcefulness of a really great statesman.
Today is Hugo's wedding day.
It was useless to telegraph because one never knows within 3 or 4 days how long a telegram will take. I hope you didn't have for the wedding the pouring rain that's spashing in my garden now. But though it means wading to the office in mud knee deep, I'm delighted it has come. It means early crops and springing grass in all the desert pasturages and a deep seated belief that Faisal and the 'Iraq Govt are somehow or other deserving of credit. I hear he is much perturbed over the Franco-Kamalist agreement, nor is it surprising that he should be, for it appears from what we know of it, to uncover our Northern frontier to our most dangerous enemy.