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[Page 18]
The question Whether I am to paint these several pictures & also additional pictures of recent events of for which also I have material is a question naturally to be decided. The Contract said if I remember one or more.
This brings one to my present situation. You already know that I have carried out my work over there conscientiously & with satisfactory results but for your reference I send under this cover a rough resume of my work & wanderings.
[The following sentences crossed through.] I have been in London now one month without pay. It is now about. I returned a month ago.
I agree that it will be better if I paint at least one picture before I return to Palestine. But I must point out that I have now been in London one month cooling my heels, without anything definite being settled & without receiving any pay or remuneration.
I am now at the end of my resources. I am at times inclined to think that had I been less honest & less loyal to Australia Australian to the Commonwealth I should have