p.

3.

for the pack & the route & everything else. My batman
being as unused to marching as myself, was unable to
make the return march - another rather panty type
packed up, saying he had a heart attack & Jim
Headley collapsed about 2 miles from home - & otherwise
we finished all complete. But apart from the strain, it
was all a great success - with the exception of the
wretched Hohr, who did so many things wrong, & so many
silly things - that I simply could not bear to see
him again that day. I went off to Tel-Aviv
with Ben in the Austin & had a nice dinner & home
early to bed. And last night, I was in bed at 9.30 &
had a solid 10 hours until 7.30 this morning & now
feel much better. It is really most interesting
getting among the Arabs because that is more or less
what one is bound to do if one gets out into the
hills & villages. The Jews are all in the towers or else
in their settlements & colonies. it is a pity I cannot talk
to them or understand a word they are saying because
they go off into long stories, all very theatrical & tense
& they always sound so interesting. That is always another
advantage of having Ben with me, as he speaks Arabic.

I had your two page Airgraph yesterday - of Oct. 10th & both
pages miraculously arrived together. If the first had arrived
without the second, it would have been infuriating & the
other way round would have been baffling. You were
worried darling that my cable may have been indiscreet
but I don't think that there is any need to
worry about that. It just stated plainly what I intended
& wanted to do. And I had already asked advice from
the Area Commander & it was he who had advised