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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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What happened to the bangles?
Besides the schools, orphanage, and zenana visits, Mary Pigot runs a program for 'parlor boarders.' These are local women who married European men. Their husbands want them to learn English manners and how to run a house. The parlor boarders live at the school while they train. The program brings funding for the mission, but presents its own problems. Mrs. Mullick is afraid. What will her husband say? He'll think she lost the jewelry. Mary must find either the jewelry or the thief.
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Two Coins: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
Mrs. Mullick comes to me in tears one morning. “They’re gone, Miss Pigot. My husband will be angry. I’ve looked everywhere.”
“Please sit, Mrs. Mullick. What’s missing?” I ask.
“My bangri. The gold bracelets my husband gave me when we married.” Mrs. Mullick dabs her eyes.
I call for my assistant Mrs. Ellis and tell her to go with Mrs. Mullick to search her room. “If you don’t find the bracelets, bring Bidu Grace to me.” Mrs. Ellis puts her arm around Mrs. Mullick’s shoulders and guides her out of the drawing room. Next to Mrs. Tremearne, I depend on Mrs. Ellis to keep things in order in the orphanage.
Mrs. Tremearne gives me a long look. “You think Bidu stole the jewelry.”
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