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or else stay where I am. And with my next application
for homecoming, I shall most certainly point to the
fact that this job does come to an end for me
on Aug 1st you said in an AG that I should
have mentioned the horrible desert & worry about
our second baby. I thought I had said enough in
my 1st application, & in the 2nd one. I thought that
Hughes' "had obstetrical history" would convey enough
without giving details, but I certainly will explain
matters more fully for the next time.

Sunday May 10th these H.Qs. & their staff officers
really are inconsiderate, laughing at 9.30 last
night, a special dispatch rider roared up on a
motor cycle with a large envelope for me - &
containing the papers for three Courts Martial
cases for today. They were all highly legal cases,
& ran to 50 pages of evidence, & gave me much
work in the Manual of Military Law - & kept me
out of bed until 1.0 this morning - & completely
stopped me writing to you. I finished two of them
today & go on again tomorrow. One was a bright
young man who broke out of arrest in Egypt, on
another charge, & then came up to Palestine,
having fitted himself up with a set of faked
credentials as an agent for the M.E. Razzle
{which does not exist} & proceeded to sell advertising
space to all & sundry. He will be doing hard
labour in prison from now until May 9th
1943. The other was a truly disgusting case of
buggery between a couple of Arabs - & we had to
sit & listen to revolting details about positions &

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