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to be persuaded in what to do.  The agent told us that PAA would take care of our hotel bill so everything was hunky dory. We got to the hotel about 5:30 by our watches - 4:30 by Haitian time - and we ordered tea at once.  We couldnt see Mr. Barnes, as the boy said he was sleeping, but we finally got tired of waiting, & sent up our card to say we were downstairs.  He came downstairs in record time, and seemed genuinely glad to see us. We sat and talked until dinner time.
Mr Aubrey was still with him, but for some reason had taken to drink so violently that they had to send him to the hospital. This was almost unbelievable - and at first I thought Ralph was joking - as Mr Aubrey was almost a teetotaler. I wonder if discouragement and lonliness could have had anything to do with it, as he seemed such a fine fellow. It really makes me