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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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Have I ever been unfair?
When Mrs. Mullick's bangles didn't turn up, suspicious turned to Bidu Grace, a girl who practically grew up at the orphanage. Miss Pigot believes Bidu Grace took the bracelets, but the girl is reluctant to confess. Miss Pigot has a problem. There's a problem of theft at the orphanage. She needs to make an example in order to stop the cycle. And Bidu has been implicated in other missing items. Miss Pigot needs to maintain discipline, but also to be just. It's not a situation she's comfortable with.
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Two Coins: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
Bidu, how long have you been with me?”
“A long time, Mem. Since I was a small girl.”
“Have I ever been unfair to you?”
“No, Mem,” Bidu whispers.
“Then tell me the truth. Did you take the bracelets?”
“No.”
“I’ll have to punish you if you lie to me. Did you take the bracelets?”
“Yes,” Bidu replies.
“Where are they now?”
Bidu shakes her head.
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