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{printed letterhead:TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS "IMPHO TOKYO"
Imperial Hotel
Tokyo}
doesn't paint at his own party, he went off in one corner to
do it. I felt I had caused a lot of trouble and wasn't very
comfortable being stared at, so joined them setting beside
Mrs Okura who is a charming lady, very quiet and very
nice. I tried to ask her and she sort of whispered that the
reporter had said something very rude to Mrs Miyaoka
and she had sent him away. I tried to catch either Mr or
Mrs Miyaoka's eye to show I was sorry, but couldn't do that
as they were sitting opposite me on the other side of Mr Hotla.
After In the meantime a man wanted Pete to paint a picture in
his book so he went off to do that. After Mr Hotla finished
they all left Mrs Miyaoka asking Mrs Okura to take us home.
who was so awfully nice about it all, but we didn't know
whether she wanted to stay or go and that was hard. Really
I never knew anything to get so upset. We had been looking
forward to the party all week and then to have it turn out
that way. Another most embarrassing thing was that on Tuesday
we had admired a picture in the exhibition and Mrs Miyaoka
had found out it was painted by a friend of Mr Hotlas,
and Sunday they wanted to know if we were going to buy
it. That too was embarrassing as it is a large screen and
we have no way of taking it home anyway, and have no
way of explaining that we didn't ever think of buying it.
I don't know whether Mr Miyaoka just doesn't understand
or what it is. We have liked her so much. She is very
pleasant and genial, and yet keeps getting us into things
we have no intention of doing. On the way home in the car
Pete asked Mrs Okura what had happened, and she said
Mr Miyaoka had told the man, the reporter, that we were
her guests at the party, and that he had no right to take