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write to you any more. If I do come home this time,
I shall have a 4-8 weeks voyage, & no writing to
do at all. I shall be able to do a tremendous amount
of good reading.

Today, darling, for the first time for months & weeks I am
suffering from hang over. Last night, we celebrated
Ben's promotion, by he & his wife & I going to P.Os for
dinner. P[?] himself is an extraordinary little man - he was
a Communist & was imprisoned for his activities - & now
he owns the most expensive restaurant in Tel Aviv, &
is supposed to be making L5-600 a week profit.
As a Jew, & an old friend of Ben's, he was delighted at
the promotion, & the party was on him. Don't be
too jealous, darling, - but we had dry Martinis, made
from his special private stock of Garden Gin & [?]
[?], beer with the food, & lots of champagne
afterwards - & when the evening finished at 11[?], we
had some lovely sandwiches, & three very quick
vodkas. I enjoyed it, as much as I can enjoy anything
without you being there too. - [Pity?] promised to buy
champagne again, the first time you enter his
place with me. If only you could - or soon.

Today, I have been in Tel-Aviv again, in connection
with our [?]. And I went to see Pinocchio -
have you seen it. It really is awfully good, & Walt
Disney is so incredibly orginal - it is all the
clever little touches which make his cartoons, & there
were hundreds of chidlren there - it was this afternoon
& of course I could not help thinking how Lisa
would have loved it & been thrilled about it.
I do miss our darling so much - we always shall