p.

3.

be able to manage quite nicely.
Now, about my expenses. I appear to have spent £105 since
Nove 16th - which is £5 - 10c a week. As I told you before, I spent
quite a lot in Cairo on presents & clothes & books - & of course on
myself too - & since then, I have bought a water tight, sand
proof watch, for £5. The other one was useless & would not
go at all in this climate. You said you wanted to know my
outside limit, & so I will give you £5 pw. But - the
allowances must come off that, for the purpose of you reckoning
what I am taking out of Martins Bank - so that makes it
£3-15-0 pw. So that you know how things stand, I have up
to now drawn £110, which will be debited to Martins: & 4 x £5
which will be dedcuted from my pay, from time to time
& when the chips from Paymaster, Middle East, reach the
Paymaster in England. I should not need to draw any
more money for about two months, as I have £27
in Barclays here, & March allowances to come.
Each time I draw on Martins, or have an advance of pay,
I will let you know at once, darling, - & then you can
reckon up.
But I feel pretty certain I shall spend less than £5 pw, as
I have been doing for the last month or two. Probably
more like £4. Everything in the town is so darned
expensive, & I positively grudge paying the prices. I only go
to an odd film, & most days have a coffee & a piece
of gorgeous cake in some cafe. I haven't had a drink
in the town for more than two weeks. I find my free