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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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A Whitewash
Rev Hastie submits to the Calcutta court decree and returns to Edinburgh in time to hear the General Assembly's final conclusion regarding the Great Calcutta Scandal. Mary Pigot is exonerated. Rev Hastie never accepts that conclusion or that he could be at fault in any way. He files a lawsuit, and accepts compensation and an apology in lieu of continuing the case. Eventually he becomes a professor at Glasgow University which is what he wanted when he accepted the post to Calcutta. Whether his pride ever recovered from Miss Pigot's exoneration is unknown.
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Two Coins: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
I’m home again. I arrive in time for the General Assembly and sit in the gallery as it considers the Report of the Investigating Committee. It is, of course, a whitewash.
The existing state of all the missions is satisfactory.
The charges made against Miss Pigot are ruled to be without foundation. If there were faults of mismanagement, it was due to her being given more to do than anyone should have been allowed to attempt. She either fooled them, or they just want a graceful exit from the entire matter. Probably both
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