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Wed. Nov 11 H.T. ???
So we continued our ??? serenely – still without any escort.
Thurs. NN 12
?? ? parade this morning. The sea is getting choppy & the wind is getting up a bit. We are losing sight of land now. About 11.0 it began to rain & it has been raining more or less all day. Messed about a bit ??? photos from 11.30 = 1.0 – in the bright ???
At 2.15 gave a ??? Company as ??? & ??? board ship.” Then I shouted myself ??? or ??? in a wind.
At 4.0 ??? came the rain: as it can ??? have never rained before. ??? my porthole was not tightly closed. The result was the partial ??? blue bags & the result & that ??? appeared ??? There is a ??? 5.2 ??? raging now & it is raining some.
Fri. Nov. 13
Woken up in the still ??? of a black night by violent pitching ??? It was a ??? of ??? thunderstorms only with more wind. Still it was not so bad as the Sunday in the Bay. I seems to be ??? things get bad weather ??? Malta & Port Said. With luggage engaged in sliding watches sleep was impossible. I could only be