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Sandra Wagner-Wright
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Two Coins: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
Literature & Fiction
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Mr. Hastie Has Cholera
Mary Pigot supervises the Female Orphanage which includes oversight of high schools, day schools, and zenana schools for women who live in seclusion. She has a lot on her mind. Her friend James has been demoted. Her initial meeting with the Mr. Hastie was awkward. The calm of routine paperwork feels good, if cumbersome, until Sajiva, her chief of the household, delivers a note. Mr. Hastie has cholera - a disease so common, nursing the patient becomes yet another task to complete. Mary is sorry Mr. Hastie is ill so soon after arrival, but not surprised. Mary calls for her carriage, wondering what change this new event will cause.
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Two Coins: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
The following Tuesday, I’m reviewing our orphans’ financial support. An individual or Sunday School class sponsors each child, and I send reports on their progress. As I write about the student we call Louisa, Sajiva enters the room and hands me a note from Mr. Steele. Sajiva waits as I open the stiff paper and read Mr. Steele’s dramatic handwriting, which covers the page. Sajiva stands with a questioning look, far too discreet to ask about the note’s contents.
“It appears Mr. Hastie has cholera.”
“Yes, Mem.” Sajiva cocks his head.
“Call for the gharry.”
It’s very bad luck for Mr. Hastie to contract the disease so soon after his arrival.
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