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to me frightened me to death.  He made strange noise, had an infernal machine which smelt like hell with him, and was extremely curious about how I took my bath.  I could distinctly see his silhouette against the glass of my bathroom and had to sneak back without making any noise.  It was a perfectly clear case and [[strikethrough]] to me, [[/strikethrough]] ^[[from my stand point]] at least I was convinced that he was going to kill me.  I was not frightened in the least only interested - so I determined that I would frustrate his plan.  I slept on the sofa in my sitting room.  I may say that by this time I was so tired and sleepy that I would just as well have slept on the floor. - 

Mr B went off to the Embassy to see Mr Herrick.  He called me up very soon to say they wanted me to lunch there and that he was coming at once to take me to the "Ambulance".  Downstairs I met Whitney & Mr Charlie Carrolls.  We went out in the car offered to me by Mr