ABSTRACT
Itwouldtakeagestowriteaboutalltheintrigueandthe twistedpoliticswhichoneneedstoknowallabouthere. Certainlythereisplentyofsubjectforabook,butIdoubtif peoplewouldbelieveallaboutit.
Withinafewmonths,theBelgraveshadsettledintoanofficial anddomesticroutine,thoughstilllivingintemporarylodgingsatthe policefortwhiletheirhousenexttotheBritishAgencywasbeing completed.Belgravewouldleavethefortbeforeseveno'clockand walkthroughthebazaartohisoffice,startlingtheclerksbyhisearly appearance.TherehewouldfrequentlybejoinedbyShaikhHamad andhisbrotherShaikhAbdulla,andtogethertheywouldsettle governmentbusiness.Afterbreakfasthewouldsitasamagistratein hiscourt,seevisitorsofallnationalities,andusuallyspendsometime withDalythePoliticalAgent,whosezealininterferingintheinternal affairsofBahrainwasundiminishedbyoccasionalremindersfromhis superiorsthatthesewerenoneofhisbusiness.Afterlunch,the Belgraveswouldwalkordrivetoexploretheisland.Theirevenings werespentinanendlessroundofvisitswiththetwentyorsoother membersoftheEuropeancommunity,inwhichtennisandbridge werethemainentertainments.Sometimestheyweretheguestsof membersofthealKhalifafamilyoroftheleadingmerchants.
