She was riding a train alone, which she’d never done before. She’d only ever ridden one in the company of chaperoning relatives or teachers.
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She was still going to Elphinstone every morning, keeping her parents clueless.
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signed.” “Might you stay in Bombay to expand the business?” “Not
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I’ve got to take over the operation in Calcutta when my father retires, which will very likely be in the next ten years.”
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Perveen asked, challenging her to deny the eavesdropping.
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It hung close to the veranda, which was enclosed by a cast-iron jali that offered a hint of the blue sky and green trees outside.
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Perveen considered saying to Razia that she’d been very good at withholding the information that she ran the wakf from Sakina—but it wouldn’t have been a tactful way to start their conversation.
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But it seemed terribly wrong that I devoted myself to getting good care for wounded men all over India, but my husband didn’t want my care.”
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Sakina had known. Was it because Mr. Mukri had told her, perhaps favoring her as the leader of the wives?
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was haunted by the thought that men wouldn’t have been able to go into battle without our uniforms.”