July–December 1936

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… machinations of the American Express man. In fact I had already passed it on to a fellow passenger, who was taking it through as his own, so there would not have been any trouble anyway. I am very sorry that I was not able to bring your big camera, because the key to the trunk was nowhere to be found. I hunted high and low, had Christo and Savvas do the same, and finally put Georgi on the trail when he came for the tents, but all to no avail. Georgi was in favor of breaking open the trunk, but I thought that that would be quite unadvisable, and left it. I hope that it will not be very inconvenient. I left the typewriter at your house. I spent three profitable days working with the Mycenaean pottery and bronzes in the Cyprus Museum, and found Dikaios as friendly as possible. He invited me to dinner and told me all of his undoubtedly deserved troubles. He gave me complete carte blanche in the museum, and finally presented me with a good collection of early Mycenaean sherds, to use for comparison here and in Europe. He is completely unpredictable. I suppose, though, that the fact that Megaw is a friend of ours may have had something to do with it. I hope that it is a permanent turn for the better. The man CAN be very pleasant. The night before I left the private secretary to the Governor and one of the Rockefeller people called at Episkopi, and stayed to have dinner. They were in a very jovial mood and I think that they enjoyed themselves, in spite of Savva's mother in law's version of dinner, which could hardly have been what they were used to. I must stop and mail this now. With my very best wishes,

Handwritten: Pete

Handwritten: P.S. I brought the gold coin and an impression of the Cypriote inscription I discovered on the Kalorixiki pot.