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6 And if any particular dish is going well, they presume you like that & want to make a meal of it, & being a large, del mare, it was all marvellously tasty. The free & easy way of poking your way into this & that all helps you to enjoy the meal. We then had gorgeous water melon - which is not the same as the melon we have at home. It is bigger & dark pink inside & has many, many pips growing all through it - & is slightly crisp in texture. Then lastly Arabic coffee. I believe it was all very cheap - I shall go there again. But now I have been promised a real Arab dinner, which will be interesting & involving where a sheep will be killed & we shall all squat round, I shall be the guest of honor. There will be any amount of ritual, & we all dig in & eat with our hands & we all stuff ourselves to bursting point & belch at the end. If you have read The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, you will know what is coming. I am hoping this will be arranged next week - & then I shall have a long story for you. I will go to bed now - I was v late beginning this. And last night I went to see "Bombay Mail" - not too bad. I am enclosing some snaps of Arkins from last weekend & have ewritten who is who on the backs. Your calls came today - by numbers - but it told me what I wanted to know - that you & Max are well. It was in reply to mine of June 25th - so they have been quite slow. I presume Newton Perren is near Noss Mayor & that you have arrived safely - I do hope so. All my dearest love to you, my darling - you are my own darling sweetheart & I love you so. And a big kiss for Max (x) Harry xxxxx
