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Sandra Wagner-Wright
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Two Coins: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
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Justin Norris Interrupts
Mr Gasper, Rev Hastie's barrister, is in the middle of explaining why his client is innocent of Mary Pigot's allegations. Mary nervously sits at the plaintiff's table. Gasper starts his point about the Scottish Ladies' Association that employs Miss Pigot to run their mission in Calcutta. Suddenly, Judge Norris interrupts to make what seems like a joke. Scottish ladies pay 5 shillings to join the association. The judge observes the association would probably allow any woman to join if she paid the 5 shillings. But then the judge goes on to suggest the Ladies' Association might separate from the male Missionary Committee. Is the judge serious? What might this mean for Mary's case?
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Two Coins: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
Mr. Gasper drones on about how the Church of Scotland organizes missionary work. The judge makes an occasional note.
“My Lord,” Mr. Gasper says, “we now come to the Scottish Ladies’ Association. This is a society of ladies who promote Christian female education in Calcutta. Members contribute five shillings each so every woman in Scotland may join.”
“I suppose they’d have no objection to accepting five shillings from a woman who isn’t Scottish,” Judge Norris chuckles. “Now then, suppose the Ladies’ Association held a meeting and said to the Missionary Committee, ‘We’re very much obliged to you for your assistance, but we don’t want it anymore.’ The Missionary Committee would have to take themselves off. They’d have no control of any sort.”
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