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when he was told that he really ought to be glad. The chaps told him he was very fortunate but he couldn't see it in that light and merely used his hand [indecipherable] more vigorously than ever. I am very much fed up with Egypt but cannot contemplate the trenches with much joy either. Well I will have to wind up here as there is nothing more to write.
Monday 7th December 1915.
Am now at Helouan. Have been out here about 11 days. ……….. at Al Hayai Hotel. This is a good sized building. It is built in a generous fashion. The rooms are large and lofty and the halls wide. It is built of stone brick wood & plaster. Is has a good piazza & colonnade. The piazza is tiled. The paths are bordered with ornamental low of a rustic fashion. There are 3 fine tennis courts. The hotel is built on 2 wings. We have our meals in the dining rooms here. There are a number of animals here in an enclosure. I think they are ibex and are native to Africa. We have breakfast at 7.30.