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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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The Wrong Foot
Mary Pigot doesn't realize it yet, but her new assistant, Georgiana Smail, will be more of a detriment than a help. Georgiana's sister is married to a British officer who is also prominent in the Scottish community that employs Mary. They don't approve of Mary, and Georgiana's arrival and observations won't change their minds. Mary herself is ambivalent. She makes a special dinner to welcome her new assistant, and the newcomer is late. The two women get off on the wrong foot, and there doesn't seem to be any way back.
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Two Coins: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
Since it’s Miss Smail’s first evening with us, I make a dinner party of it for the teachers as well. I order the khansama to prepare a simple meal of mulligatawny soup, roasted chicken with peas and potatoes, and caramel custard for dessert, which is the best we can afford.
The clock chimes eight o’clock. At quarter past eight, Miss Smail still isn’t here. The teachers sit in their places around the long table on the veranda, conversing quietly as I fume.
“Sajiva, you may begin serving,” I say. Ten minutes later Miss Smail arrives.
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